Success!

Today we had a visit from Trevor who, with his wife Sue, owns the property.   The visit was to clean the pool, arrange for the refurbishment of two dining chairs that had broken, to replace three light bulbs in the kitchen so I did not have to cook in the dark, and  to collect bedding and towels for washing.   He forgot the washing!

The day was sunny and very warm and, when he asked, we said we were going to stay here and enjoy the pool.   What did we do?   We drove to Frigiliana to see if we could get some pottery items.   We set off and, apart from a short delay on the motorway caused by an earlier accident we got to Frigiliana to hunt for pottery.   We found a vacant disabled parking spot and I wheeled Pauline to the pottery shop.   It turned out to be just the right place and we made a number of purchases there.   So now we have the pottery items we sought.   Mission accomplished!

After we got the pottery we opted for a light lunch a few yards away.   We had sandwiches and a glass of beer.   It was very nice and we had a very nice waiter serving us.   I asked for the bill and, when it came, I added a tip for the waiter.   We got up from the table to tackle the slope down to where the car was parked.   Lo and behold, the young waiter took over the wheelchair and gently got Pauline down to the car.   It was quite a steep slope.   He was really nice.   Glad I left a tip.

We came back to base by way of the hypermarket where we got extra food and petrol for the car.   We then drove home and sat out and read our Kindles.   Although it was not the planned lazy day we did have the success of making our ceramic purchases as planned before we came out.

As we had eaten at lunchtime we opted for a light dinner.   We bought tortolloni pasta and a pasata and when cooked it was just what we needed.   There is quite a lot of fish in the freezer so we shall be devouring this before we leave in just over a week.   We love the high life!   I have already built up the wine for bringing home.   We love Faustino V white rioja so there is a load to bring home.   On our return we shall have 3 cases of wine!

So all is working well here in Axarquia and further reports will be made.