CAMPING PARQUE TROPICAL - MIJAS

Monday 29th October.
After our day out with Tim,Thea.Jo,Ben and their friends Patrick and Beth we left them to enjoy the lovely apartment on the Los Arqueros Golf and Country Club out side San Pedro de Alcantara and caught up with our chores on the Winnebago.Over the weekend we had a major problem when the Mas/pump burnt out as we were using it so first thing on Monday morning I got on the Skype phone to Oxford and ordered another one which arrived on Tuesday afternoon by UPS courier!
Tuesday 30th October.
Vidal called in and started to fit the new pump but we had some problems with the electrics first and then the piping to plumb into the Winnebago but in the end he managed to fix things until we are able to find a stronger pipe.We had a quiet night in with the now famous Mushroom Omelette for supper.
Wednesday 31st October.
In the morning we had an appointment at the Doctors in Estepona for a check up on us both -MOT passed ok! And had a light tapas lunch at the marina in the warm sun.In the evening we went out for dinner in the old town of Estepona,which was quiet lively with the Halloween festivies and a had another special meal at “Rafael's” of Calves Liver-English style.
Thursday 1st November.
We received a text message from Tim as we were out for dinner asking us to go with them to Mijas at lunch time and back to the apartment for a BBQ later in the day so we shot over in the Smart car and they followed us up to Mijas.The picture above shows one of the steep old streets in the centre of the old town where we had a coffee and a light lunch after browsing around the shops.We then went back down to San Pedro and found out that it was Saints Day and the Supermarket was closed so after a bit of a hunt around we found the 365 Opencar hypermarket open! I came back to the Winnebago and brought back two disposible bbq trays we had not needed and we had our BBQ later in the evening with some fine red wine to end the day with our dear friends. They went back on Saturday so we said our goodbyes-”Hasta Luego” and see you in August 2008!
Friday 2nd November.
The weather this week has been fine and sunny but it goes chilly in the evening as the nights draw in so I made a chicken curry for supper as we had a quiet day after catching up with the shopping in the morning.
Saturday3rd November.
The roof on the pool has been put back on so we went for a swim in the afternoon after we had gone out to the English butchers to stock up with Lamb Chops and steak!! The gardener has found the strong pipes we need to finish the job with the pump so Vidal is going to finish the work on Monday as they have two gigs over the weekend. We have also decided to stay on the site and not move down to Portugal at the moment,in the new year we are going to think about it again and by then we will have also been across to Morroco again to check out the site's so we are looking forward to spending Xmas here with our friends and to Carol and Chris coming out for the New Year.