Busy doing nothing

SATURDAY 17^th JANUARY

We have kept in touch with Jean and Vic who in their latest email had asked for photos of the ‘Panorama’ development.  With yesterday’s heavy rain the site was a mud bath so I didn’t venture too far up the narrow entrance to take a photo of the planting around the pool area. We wonder why the road has not been tarmaced especially as all the houses are now complete, and begin to think if it ever will be.  

As for the supermarket a lake had formed in the deep hole around the foundations.  2 men were working on the structure and with the cement mixers in convoy yesterday despite the rain we can now see clearly the current height of the building and there is more to come.  We feel all the houses on the right side of the complex will have a grand view of the back of the supermarket!

With a slight breeze it was a good time for a spot of kite flying, something we haven’t done for weeks.  However I was surprised to find the wind was quite strong and as the kite string began to sing to me and the kite was behaving erratically over the sea I decided I had had enough.  The sun catching the waves as they broke on the shore line with spray from the tops was enough for me to get out my camera whilst Keith continued to fly his small orange octopus kite.  It was not long before he too decided the wind was getting stronger and once he had folded it up and deposited them and the reels in the car boot we went for a walk on the beach.  Today the sand appeared to be very soft so walking on the beach didn’t half pull on the old calf muscles!  Needless to say as we walked into the village we came back on the footpath.   

We spent the rest of the afternoon on our balcony watching a good sunset before returning indoors.