The Rain in Spain…

Fell on us this morning…

We shouldn’t be complaining should we, after all from the time we arrived here (nearly a month ago) there’s not been enough rain to fill a thimble. The ominous signs where the thunder and lightning that disturbed our sleep last night as a huge storm made its way in from the Med to give us a good soaking.

Last week we’ve been busy getting involved with the local community here on the camp at Marjal. 

We have visited the market at the Marina Urbanisation or Urb as the locals call it and have now got our old phone unlocked and purchased a Spanish sim card. 

Phone call charges to and from the UK are a real rip off with these ridiculous roaming charges they make you pay.

I attended an art group to do some watercolours, we also tried the bingo two nights ago, which sadly failed to materialise and we ended up drinking with people from the site in the bar, yet again.

Yesterday Bob and Angie (two residents on the site) put on a street party complete with live music and dancing. 

Bob is a talented guitarist and singer and Angie who is not only the resident hair stylist, and line dance teacher, but is also a talented vocalist and comedienne. 

By the end of the day we had eaten and drank far too much again…. but it was great fun to watch all the different nationalities joining in the fun. Though I’ve made a name for myself with the crowd here as maraca player….say no more.

I managed to get out on the cycle last Tuesday with the resident Dutch cyclists who take it all very seriously. We cycled from or camp here at Guardamar through San Fulgencio to Almoradi a distance of 37 Km there and back using mostly very small country roads, which took us just over two and half hours to complete, allowing a half hour stop for a coffee.

Marjal to Almoradi

They are very well organised group and safety is paramount with them, so I have decided to cycle with this group at least twice a week from now on. 

This will also allow me to get to know the local area better. Sadly one of the German lads Bernie who I had become quite friendly with and who also joined me on the cycle rides has had to return to his home in Frankfurt, I hope he gets the chance to return to us in the New Year.

The rain has meant that I could at least complete some minor repair jobs that where needed on the RV, The RV’s Radio now works and a heater control panel that had become loose on the dash has been secured, though the Camos Dome (Mk4) still refuses to pick up the Astra 2 south satellite so we have to rely on the sites own TV bollard connection which gives us BBC1 & 2 and ITV 1 & 2.

The rain has now stopped and the sun is out drying the roads and a pair of my soaked shoes so hopefully it’s back to wall to wall sunshine.

More Anon.