I guess that's how you would sum this place up but it can be easy to doze off in the warm afternoons. Yesterday we were both still recovering from the previous days Conil cycle trip, we did push it a bit and could not get out of bed in the morning. The decision was taken after much discussion, about 3 seconds, that we would do basically bugger all and other than tidying out the holds, that is what we did, absolutely nowt! Which of coarse is what you can do when you're retired.
So today got back into the frenzy of the normal life we lead, went for a slow drive to the two markets in Barbate. One is permanent and sells fish, fruit & veg, and that's about it. Something fishy was being offered for €9/kilo, which is cheap for fish over here, but as we didn’t know what it was, didn't go for it. The other market is clothes and shoes, mostly Women’s stuff which is probably why I was practically the only bloke there but it kept SWMBO happy for a while and I don't think we bought anything! Managed to drop into Lidl and nearly got a wet suit (?) mainly 'cos it was very cheap or should I say, modestly priced, but could not see a reason why I needed one, being able to drink beer in a hurricane perhaps?
The town, Barbate, is kinda OK but a little poky in places but there some very nice buildings in some very nice areas but we will not be returning to next Fridays market any time soon.
Still haven’t borrowed any ladders so that's a job still to be done, got the extendible brushes out of the hold but that's as far as I've got.
Don't normally name people directly who are also on the site but must make an exception in this case. Tony and his partner Debbie, she's OK but there must be a spare bed in the Hastings area Nutters Institution or the Society Home of Saint Unlucky.
They have bought a Wildcat 5th wheel, a big bugger with a garage nailed on the back where they carry two of these little quad bikes. He had got to the site with one of the twin axles on the 5er less one wheel, the “Sealed for Life” wheel bearing had seized and the wheel had come off. Luckily (?) only half a mile from the camp site. He managed to get it onto a pitch, thankfully having a big Yank pickup helped. He's only had the 5er from May this year! A new axle will be with him in a few weeks.
Then a while back he bought a generator, a 6 KVA, AKA a big bugger, after Debbie had told him to get a Honda which was the more reliable generator, but the saving of over £600 persuaded him otherwise. Tried it out and then put it into storage, a “year” later got it out and it blew up. “Sorry, out of warranty mate”. It goes on ebay next week, “pick up only as it weighs 90 kilos”.
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| T&D's Rig |
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| The "genny" for sale |
Next after bartering for a larger 1.8 m satellite dish from “Yorkshire, Mick”, next to us, he “finds” a pallet near the supermarket and after placing the dish on it promptly bashes a large tent peg through the pallet, the ground and into a underground water pipe. “All we knew was that there was a big hole with water in it the next morning!” Debbie contested as the site fixit man was making good.
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| 3 wheel 5th wheel |
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| Tony a few years back with more hair |
As I passed their pitch the other day he is sitting there blowing up, by hand, a couple of 7 foot long rubber kayaks which he and Debs planned to use in the sea in the next few days, well with his luck we'll never see him again this side of Christmas.
Every time I see him he reminds me of someone and at last I got it, we will call him Doctor after this.
More ant&debs later.
We were going to have a BBQ tonight but for the first time after leaving the steaks and chicken on the kitchen counter all day, they were still half frozen at 5pm! So eggs and chips then.
Now reading a real book, Ben Elton's “Meltdown”, nearly 500 pages so will keep me going for a day or so.
Friday 29th October 2010.
Watched another kids movie last night, Zathura, after watching Hook the night before and they both are exactly that, kids movies, and both made before CGI was king so the “monsters” were men in scaly suits, Tricia enjoyed them though.
Today it was off to Vejer De La Frontera, about 8 miles away in the hills. (from the local blurb)
“Vejer is a Moorish looking hilltop town (190 metres above sea level) a place of white-washed houses, narrow winding streets, excellent food and wine and the unspoilt beaches of the Costa de la Luz are only a 10-15 minute drive away.
Today Vejer is a picturesque town still retaining much of the wall around the old part of town which blends in well with the newer part. Many of the streets are too narrow for cars and if you look through an open doorway you are likely to see beautiful inner patios with lots of flowers and plants. The main square is Plaza de Espana pictured below with its beautiful fountain.
Many parts of the town have views to the sea and you can even see the Moroccan coast on a clear day.
Vejer is a town steeped in history, having been used as a fortress town by the Phoenicians, later by the Romans and then underwent five centuries of Moorish rule until it was captured by King Ferdinand of Castille in 1248. Vejer then became a border town against the Moors and hence "de la Frontera" was added to it's name. The king gave control of Vejer to Don Alonso Perez de Guzman, founder of the ducal house of Medina Sidonia. The famous battle of Trafalgar took place just off the coast near the town in 1805, near where we are at Cape Trafalgar.”
I will let the pictures give you a truer understanding what a beautiful place this is.
Then back via a beach restaurant in Conil, €11 each for two superb courses and a drink, the view of the beach was spoilt because the Conil “tat” market had just finished and as the traders were just chucking all the refuse into the four winds. Then a bit of shopping in the Mercadona to top up the liquids, milk silly, then back to the MS for a nice cup of tea. Bit of a rush really but that's what it is all about, so much to do and so much time to do it in.
Back to “24” tonight and there is only three more episodes left, thank God!
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