Nothing very exciting has been happening in the first two weeks of the New Year. The weather has certainly improved, it still gets cold at night but during the day the sun shines from a cloudless blue sky. I have been sitting outside in just shorts working on my tan; it must be warm as Moira has even taken off her cardigan.
Our month subscription for the bowls expired on Saturday; we aren’t going to extend it as we plan to leave here in a couple of weeks. The bowls were beginning to get more enjoyable, probably as we were beginning to play much better with practice.
The whist evening each week has been continuing though not many people attending. A lot had returned to the UK for Christmas and New Year but are now trickling back so the numbers are improving. We have still been going to the quiz night, which is on every Monday, two weeks ago we finished third but last week came nowhere.
My training is going well though I haven’t been doing much running recently. I usually cycle to the gym in Turre, have my work out then cycle back. I have done a couple of long rides on the bike, about 50 kilometres each time. I have a route that heads north to Antas then through Vera to the coast. I reach the coast at Garrucha and cycled down beside the Mediterranean to Mojacar; from there it is 12 kilometres inland again back to Los Gallardos.
Yesterday we walked to Turre, over the hills on a dirt road. We went to the Indian restaurant there, where we had our Christmas lunch. It was lamb Madras again, and was just as hot and tasty as the last time. The walk back which took about an hour, this helped to work off the big meal.
Moira has found a web site for motorhome exchanges throughout the World. She is concentrating on Australia and New Zealand where she found people who want to come to the UK next year. We don’t have to swop at the same time so we can go over to Australia and NZ the following year which is when we would prefer. It’s still in the early stages, but it looks promising for having another holiday in the Antipodes.
As the blog is called ‘Following the Sun’ and we have found it, I am now going to take advantage and lie in it.
I have had trouble posting my blog for over a week now; the internet hasn’t been functioning in the area. Seemingly there had been a fire in the local telephone exchange and this caused the problem, that’s what they told us anyway. It appears to be up and running again, so I am able to publish this update.
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