Where's Bertie? He's still being mesmerised by the Med in La Azohía.
Weather: Some high cloud around and still poor air clarity. Warm and calm, though.
It's Saturday and whether it's because it's nearly March (and we've clicked over from 'not a sensible time to go to the beach' to 'weekend beach trips season!') or because it's Spanish school holidays (I wouldn't have a clue), there was an influx of beachgoing, strolling visitors to La Azohía today, giving us plenty of people-watching entertainment out of Bertie's front window.
Snapped on this morning's run. The anglers were out in force early on. You may be able to make out the two who are standing a distance out into the sea, but only up to their knees.
The usual "What are we doing today" sort of discussion took place this morning, with today's emphasis being on staying or going. I don't think we reached a firm conclusion, which means we're still here.
Whilst Mick completed (for now) the work he's been doing, I finished off the hat I've been knitting, although I don't think it'll be called into use any time soon. We popped across the road for a photoshoot this afternoon and either I had a bout of paranoia, or people stared at our antics.
Our afternoon stroll was on the GR92 route along the coast to the west, to the beach at Isla Plana...
Isla Plana beach - the GR92 runs along the top edge, but it's a good firm grit/clay surface. No ankle-shaping sand here.
Looking back along the coastal walkway to La Azohía
...on our way taking us past a large area of polytunnels. We'd first seen the great swathe of polythene from up high yesterday...
Weather: Some high cloud around and still poor air clarity. Warm and calm, though.
It's Saturday and whether it's because it's nearly March (and we've clicked over from 'not a sensible time to go to the beach' to 'weekend beach trips season!') or because it's Spanish school holidays (I wouldn't have a clue), there was an influx of beachgoing, strolling visitors to La Azohía today, giving us plenty of people-watching entertainment out of Bertie's front window.
The usual "What are we doing today" sort of discussion took place this morning, with today's emphasis being on staying or going. I don't think we reached a firm conclusion, which means we're still here.
Whilst Mick completed (for now) the work he's been doing, I finished off the hat I've been knitting, although I don't think it'll be called into use any time soon. We popped across the road for a photoshoot this afternoon and either I had a bout of paranoia, or people stared at our antics.
Our afternoon stroll was on the GR92 route along the coast to the west, to the beach at Isla Plana...
...on our way taking us past a large area of polytunnels. We'd first seen the great swathe of polythene from up high yesterday...
You can see it in this snap (through the haze of poor air quality), although it looks less like water here than it did to the naked eye
...and couldn't decide whether we were looking at a lagoon or polytunnels. If it hadn't been for past experience of seeing entire valley floors apparently under water, but actually being used for covered agriculture, we would have erred on the side of lagoon. Yesterday, the reality was only confirmed later when a different view gave us sight of angular edges and water apparently lying on a slope.
The only other point of note in what has been a quiet day (other than covering 9 miles on foot, which I suppose may be counted as an active day!) was that I implemented my second, more sophisticated, design of temporary fix for the shower room door handle. This uses a non-stretchy ribbon attached to two loops of elastic. The ribbon goes over the top of the door and the elastic attaches to both the door handles, forming an external spring, to do the job of the broken internal one. It's a much more effective solution, giving us an operational handle that will keep the door closed both when living and when travelling.
...and couldn't decide whether we were looking at a lagoon or polytunnels. If it hadn't been for past experience of seeing entire valley floors apparently under water, but actually being used for covered agriculture, we would have erred on the side of lagoon. Yesterday, the reality was only confirmed later when a different view gave us sight of angular edges and water apparently lying on a slope.
The only other point of note in what has been a quiet day (other than covering 9 miles on foot, which I suppose may be counted as an active day!) was that I implemented my second, more sophisticated, design of temporary fix for the shower room door handle. This uses a non-stretchy ribbon attached to two loops of elastic. The ribbon goes over the top of the door and the elastic attaches to both the door handles, forming an external spring, to do the job of the broken internal one. It's a much more effective solution, giving us an operational handle that will keep the door closed both when living and when travelling.
Can I detect a bit of GR fever arising from incubation - that last word being a bit topical?
ReplyDeleteI don't imagine the GR92 would be logistically easy for camping, so for the moment I'm quite happy to be pootling around in Bertie and just enjoying bits of GRs or PRs as we find them.
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