16 May - Over to L'Escala

Today we took ourselves southwards, along the coast to the lovely seaside town of L'Escala. This is the town famous for it's anchovies and salt.

Along our seafront route Ian spotted a small lizard with an odd tail. We reckon it must be a regrowth after having lost part of its tail previously.

It looked like there was a bit of a regatta going on today. With not much wind they were having a tough time making any headway in the minimal breeze.

We stopped at our favourite cafe for 'lunch'!

Some interesting sculptures on our walk today.

We came across a VW rally. Lots of horn honking as they all arrived - as is the Spanish way of doing things.

A huge variety of this minivan classic.

On our return trip - more wildlife!

A few terrapins spotted in a stream leading down to the beach as we neared the car park.

As we started our drive back we could hear a clicking noise so pulled over. After lots of slowly driving the car about in a layby Ian located a screw in our rear tyre.

Luckily we managed to get into a garage just before it closed. They soon had the car jacked up, screw pulled out and tyre mended! In Spain they mend tyres from the outside!!! All very efficient though as only took about 10 minutes and we were back on our way.

This evening we're going out to an Eurovision Song Contest gathering!! How many 'null pointes' will we be getting? 😂

15 May - Windy Today

We continue with our unseasonably wet May with rain overnight and then it's been windy from this morning.

With a lunch date at 1pm we headed out for the obligatory walk before eating and then being unable to move.

 It was lovely to see that the fences had been moved but it looked a bit slap dash without paving slabs. Maybe over the next few months they may get them put down.

We were intrigued to see the workings of the bin set up. They have huge pits under the variety of bins (seperate ones for paper, glass, plastics etc) which are then lifted out by huge lorries. No wheelie bins over here.

Lunch was over in Empuiabrava in an Italian restaurant. Opposite the marina so we had a great view watching the comings and goings. Lots of boats being lifted in and out today.

My tiramisu was delicious!

After a fabulous meal we were invited back to Richard's boat for a coffee. Sitting there the wind was howling around.

Back at the apartment we have had the wind whistling around. The tremontana is making itself known! Interestingly there's still snow on the mountains. Definitely not normally seen in May.

Tomorrow is market day. Hopefully the wind calms down to allow us to cycle there.

14 May - A Tad Damp

Forecast for today was rubbish so it was quite pleasant to wake up and the rain was holding off.

Definately not a beach day!

It was sort of clearing by the time we got to Roses.

A family of Shags were closed to shore - unusual to see them in the bay. They're usually over in the Nature Reserve.

On our walk back we bumped into friends at the mini golf cafe. We nearly walked past them as it had started to drizzle so we were on a mission to get back! After a quick natter we continued on our way.

Unfortunately just minutes away from our apartment block the rain got much heavier. We had to shelter under the ice-cream parlour brolly!

Anyway after a few minutes we convinced ourselves that it was easing up so whizzed to our destination. Well, at a quicker pace than we normally walk 😁.

We had lunch accompanied by thunder, rain and the occasional lightning flash until mid afternoon when it eventually stopped. The forecast shows that the rain is with us until about lunchtime tomorrow and then sunshine for the next week. Yippee!! 

At least the afternoon was productive as I had time to finish an embroidery I was originally working on while in New Zealand.

With a lunch date tomorrow we hopefully should be able to veg out on the balcony after a large meal 😊.