The sun is out today - quite a few of our European neighbours have shady pitches, so they are sitting in the roads, pathways, and even taking over the emergency exits, complete with parked car!
Evening Funsters. I have been very remiss in my posting efforts, so I will attempt to catch up now.
El Cisne was very entertaining as usual. Fredfox Jacqui and Barry bagged seats for us all and we enjoyed the singer and then the brilliant Flamenco dancers.
We moved on next door and enjoyed a cider in the sunshine, before walking back to the vans.
The Corner Bar was our evening destination, where we came close to winning the quiz again, but just missed out on first place by 5 points.
Goodness only knows where Ashley, the host gets the picture questions from, but we did well to get 11 out of the 25!
On Friday, the sun was out again, so we cycled to Villajoyosa, but true to form we never found it, and after walking around La Cala Cove we cycled back into the town and stopped at Pizza in The Sky Square for the 6 Tapas deal.
I went veggie, but wished I hadn’t - tinned mushrooms in a distinctly non garlic garlic butter, a very non ham ham croquette and a small dish of paella, with what I thought was a chunk of fish on top. It tasted like fish, but upon asking the owner, what type of fish it was he said ‘no fish, it chicken!’
And I thought everything was supposed to taste like chicken!
As it was our 44th wedding Anniversary on Friday 31st, we wandered down to Villasol bar to celebrate that and to mark Brexit Day. People neither celebrated nor mourned the day, but enjoyed the late afternoon sunshine on the balcony, before moving indoors to fail at the Music Quiz!
Jacqui invited Pauline and I to join her at the La Torretta Keep Fit session the following day. So we were up and at Torretta raring to go at 10.30.
Chris the instructor was glad to see newcomers there, and she set off at a cracking pace.
We enjoyed the session, and Jacqui said Chris had never pushed them that hard before. I thought Chris must have been trying to impress us .....
Imagine my horror when Jacqui texted me to say that Chris had collapsed on her way back, nearly passing out and had to be helped back to her van!
I blame quickweh Pauline. We had our own Handsome Julio until he broke his leg in an Aquafit session of which Pauline was partaking.
We then find another instructor and she tries to impress the very active Pauline so much that she collapses in a faint!
We’ve heard there’s a fitness programme at El Raco, so we’re going there next week, to see if we can take that instructor out too and Pauline will make it a hat trick!
We walked up to the Pagoda at the end of Levante beach and then back to the van for a sunbathe, before heading up to Casa Pepe’s to celebrate toledo Dave’s birthday.
We all had a lovely Spanish meal and I think Dave enjoyed his pre-birthday celebrations.
Some of us moved on to Beer Friends to carry on the party with Polly and Dave, before wandering home in the early hours. Happy Birthday for tomorrow Dave x
Today has been much more laid back. After watching the Australian Open Tennis final, we walked down to the Market, before coming back to sit in the sun again.
The Dutch Rally that is moving on tomorrow we’re at their loudest, whilst they hung out mountains of washing, dumped mountains of plastic bottles, and held their own version of ‘Flag’ in the emergency exit area...
It will be quieter once they’ve moved on tomorrow .....
We are walking to the Lighthouse at Albir tomorrow - the quickweh s are in charge, so fingers crossed we all get back in one piece and Pauline doesn’t get her hat trick!
We’re catching the bus tomorrow, and starting from Albir, but in the absence of a Keep Fit Torture Master, we may investigate walking over the top for another day!
Oi ya cheeky Oik. ? ............. ?
Photos of you slicing your baguette next time please as I couldn’t really imagine said cutting!!?Well all, a lazy couple of days - and then today!
I was all set to be up and out at 9.15am today to meet quickweh Pauline for Keep Fit, when at 8.00am I get a Whatsapp from our Entertainments Manager and Exercise Empresario Julio to say he’s out of action for the foreseeable future because of a broken leg!
Apparently, he broke it going down the steps at Aquafit (I told Pauline it was an Extreme Sport and not for me, and I was proved right!)
Mildly disappointed at missing out on the exercise session, I got on the scales - after all the torture I’d undergone last week, I’d put a bleedin pound ON!
With the red mist still in my eyes, I said ‘Come on, we’re walking up to The Cross’.
So we did.
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and not only that, we walked back down and along to the Old Town, where we forsook our family, single tapas bar (that wouldn’t have done the job today) and went to Pizza In The Sky Square for a Jurra of Cerveza and 6 Tapas!
Sustained by 2 x Chorizo on bread, 2 x Battered Prawns and Calamari, Patatas Bravas, Black Pudding and Jalapeño on Bread, we walked back to collapse in the sun outside the van.
20,495 steps in total, and almost half of it up a mountainside!
We threw beef, veg, and beans in the slow cooker, showered and staggered down to the bar to sit on the terrace and catch up with Funsters.
A lovely couple of hours was spent discussing the fillings and the differing ways of eating a baguette.
I admitted (after over 40 years of slicing baguettes) to only finding out last year in Beni, the correct way of slicing a baguette to get the elongated slices. I had always ‘undercut’ the slices horizontally- thereby ending up with uneven, rubbishy slices.
I watched the owner of our ‘second’ family tapas bar (which is closed this year for a refurb) hold the baguette and slice it vertically down at an angle - thereby getting uniform, perfect elongated slices) it was truly a revelation!
Jock just happened to have bought a French stick, but was reluctant to let me demonstrate my revelation. Rita said he was very particular about his French Stick, and shock horror, she let it slip that they CUT THE ENDS OFF AND THROW THEM AWAY!!!!
On that bombshell we all dispersed to rest and recuperate before a walk to Cisne Market tomorrow and the Quiz tomorrow night.
What a lovely day we’ve had - more to come tomorrow!
Carolyn - that’s a brilliant idea. We are very close to Clarks Village, so will give it a go.
quickweh Pauline, and all the others are foot perfect!
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And the look on that team leader's face when I took the "winning team's" paper up to be adjudicated, was one of deep suspicion, knowing that she had only given us 32 points, and not 33.
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Shaun did sing The Lady Is a Tramp, however, our duet was Frank Sinatra's My Way.
I thought it was My Way, but Cliff said no!Shaun did sing The Lady Is a Tramp, however, our duet was Frank Sinatra's My Way.
A smashing day out was had by all.
Cheers,
Jock.
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