Saturday 12th January
We have been quite cold in the evenings. The house is open plan with a big atrium-like
window in the roof, no doubt in the UK this would be double glazed but nothing
like that happens over here – double glazing … why??? Anyway, Sandy arranged for a load of logs to
be delivered this morning. They weren’t
quite what I was expecting but they are olive and eucalyptus.
After a quick visit to the supermarket we went for a walk to
Macenas castle or watchtower - an 18th century military structure built to keep
watch over the coast. In 1849 it was
occupied by the Carabineros - an armed carabiniers force of Spain under both
the monarchy and the Second Republic. The formal mission of this paramilitary
gendarmerie was to patrol the coasts and borders of the country, operating
against fraud and smuggling. As such the Carabineros performed the dual roles
of frontier guards and customs officials.
The force was established in 1829 and lasted until 1940 when it was
summarily disbanded and merged with the Guardia Civil. The castle was restored in the 1990’s.
We were much warmer this evening – Richard got a good fire
burning.
Sunday 13th January
We were up bright and early as we wanted to go up the coast
to Villaricos to the market. It is a big
market split into two – fruit & vegetables and clothes. I wanted to get a couple of light
jumpers. I make copious lists for
everything but somehow my clothes list for Spain was pretty useless! I know that in a few weeks it will warm up
and my clothes will then be OK but meanwhile it can be chilly. T-shirts, crops and sandals are order of the
day but once the sun disappears so does the heat. I managed to get a couple of jumpers and also
a few things from the fruit and veg stalls.
On our way back to the car we stopped for a beer in the
sunshine 😊
In the afternoon we treated ourselves to tea and cake at
Moca – an English run café where they have the most wonderful cakes 😊
Monday 14th January
We were having visitors today. I had received a round-robin email from some
boating friends, Jem and Trish, the other day who are on a 3 month road trip
through France and Spain. I didn’t know
this, and they didn’t know we were in Spain either! I checked out where they were and as it
happened, they were a little way up the coast.
I invited them for lunch, so they popped in on their way south.
It was so nice to see them and their lovely flat coat
retrievers. Sadly, they lost one of
their dogs at the end of last year and now have a year old puppy. Roo is very bouncy and Muffin didn’t really
know what to make of this large springy dog!
I was worried that she might take a flying leap into the pool but
fortunately she didn’t!
Tuesday 15th January
We had a quiet day today – the highlight was going for a
walk along the beach!!
While we were on the beach, we saw four motorised hang
gliders coming along the beach – well they were in the sky! One was very low, and we were convinced he
was going into the sea but sadly, for us anyway, he didn’t, and any excitement
was averted!
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