CASA OLIMPIA, TARIFA.

Thursday/Friday Saturday 21st/22nd/23rd May.

Thursday 21st.

In the morning we dropped down to Tarifa to do the shopping for the weekend,Lidal for the fruit and vegetables and then round to Mercadona for the rest; as usual it was a lot hotter in Tarifa which at this time of the year with not a lot of holiday makers around is very pleasant. Joan is fine and is no trouble to look after and we enjoy her company and looking after her, the dog's Boo and Millie, are a dream and great fun and the cats are no problem as they just go in and out as they please so we are very relaxed and enjoying our time over here at Casa Olimpia.

Friday 22nd.

The weather in the morning was warm and sunny with no wind so Joan came down to spend some time on the balcony, we sat out for lunch but then a little breeze got up so we had to come back in. Chris phoned to catch up with the news and spoke to Joan for quite a while about a flat that he has found in London for her, as he is spending so much time over there and it looks like she is going back to England later in the year to also be nearer to all her family. In the evening we had Pan Fried Salmon and green vegetables for supper and then watched some TV. The programme on BBC2, which was a delight to watch, showed the competition for poetry reading for young children, they were just unbelievable and one was only seven!

Saturday 23rd.

Over night a severe storm passed us coming in from the Atlantic, the warning came in an e-mail late on Friday night from the weather station in Malaga on which I follow the ships passing us in the Strait of Gibraltar. Just before we went to bed last night Joan was not feeling too well and had lost all her colour so Brenda settled her down and made sure that she was comfortable, it was her neck problem again, and we connected the Baby alarm up between the two bedrooms. This morning she is a lot better and after a mid morning doze in front of her TV and a light lunch she is back to her old self. Next week we are taking her out down to Tarifa to get her watch strap fixed and our then going for a spot of lunch to an hotel on the beach just past Tarifa.Chris has got his car back from Lisbon so we will be able to go out in style,watch out for the report and pictures !
PS; We have just spoken to Lyn,she and Jack are back at Norah's after their week over in North Wales,staying in a static mobile home with Norah and her son Darren,sorry to say but it rained all week!