Penny
and Jim’s last day ☹️ We drove up to
the Parque Comerical and managed to get the disabled parking spot. After coffee at Masko Penny and I went down
to Consum to get Penny’s obligatory gin and a few bits for us. We dropped the bags off with Richard who was
on his second coffee and went to one of my favourite shops to get a few gifts.
It
was then back down to our end of the Paseo and to La Cabaña where we had
arranged to meet Dot, Gordon, Cathy, Martin, Sue and Andy. We had a lovely lunch with the staff bringing
us out lovely tapas each time we ordered a drink.
Back
at the villa Penny went off to pack, or at least I thought she had! I heard a rather distant call from her and
realised that she was in the pool! She
persuaded me to join her and I eventually braved my shoulders under the
water. The temperature in the pool was
20⁰ – which wasn’t too bad really – certainly warmer than last year.
Thursday
12th March
The
alarm went off at 7am this morning – much too early especially as I didn’t get
to sleep until gone 1am. However, we
were awake for a lovely sunrise.
We
wanted to leave for the airport about 8.15am and we were more or less spot on.
We had a good drive down and arrived at 9.20am as instructed by the special
assistance people. We parked up and
while the others got themselves organised, I went to call for a wheelchair for
Jim. A nice man appeared with the chair
and got Jim organised and off we went into Departures. The check-in wasn’t open, so we went off and
had a coffee. Our cheerful chappy came back, helped Penny check in and then
took them off through security. We were
able to watch them through a glass wall and realised that Penny had forgotten
about her iPad and Jim’s tablet having to go separate and she had one in each
carry-on! The cheerful chappy was so helpful – I think that without him Penny
would have been super stressed!
We
then drove to Cato de Gato to take Muffin for a walk on the beach. The sea is very clear there and Muffin had a
little paddle - I was tempted but didn’t.
We walked past a couple sunbathing and realised that they were naked!
Vera
was our next port of call and Iceland.
We didn’t need much but it was just as easy to come off the motorway
there. Back in Mojacar we decided to
have a proper lunch as I had forgotten to take the dinner out of the freezer
before we left. We finally chose Badgers
– a place we have never been to before.
The menu looked really good and we weren’t disappointed with the food.
Back
to the ranch for a well deserved rest for Richard while I caught up with the
blog.
Friday
13th March
Things
were now beginning to kick off a bit in Spain with the coronavirus. Two local councils were stopping big
gatherings and closing schools.
As
it was Friday was Turre market going to be on or not? We set off and were pleased to see that it
was there, as it was probably going to be the last one for at least two
weeks. I wanted to get a new chain for
the jewellery stall and to see if I could get some shoes for both Penny and
Richard. I got my chain, but the shoe
stall wasn’t very well stocked. I joined
Richard at the café for a coffee and went to look for my chain – I couldn’t find
it. I got everything out of my bag which
included two shopping bags which I gave to Richard to look in. No sign at all. I went back to jewellery stall and explained
what had happened and bought a new one.
My next stop was Super Turre which was heaving as it was market
day. I did my shopping and at the
check-out got out the shopping bags (and yes you have guessed) the chain in its
little bag fell on the floor! Honestly
talk about a man look! I walked back to
the jewellery stall and they very kindly gave me my money back.
We
went home via Thomas’s to get a few more bits.
We
had a quiet afternoon and then I got a phone call from my son, Robert. He has been very attentive this week worrying
about us and the coronavirus. He said
that he felt that we should think about going home. We then Facetimed with Victoria who agreed with
him, so we decided to see if we could change our ferry to Wednesday next week
and drive straight through taking it is turns to drive. It was really a heart versus head
decision. Why would we want to go back
to the cold UK and leave this idyllic place?
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