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Thursday, 20 April 2023

20th April Water Shortage

With a seagull standing on the corner of our balcony squawking the arrival of a new day it was time to get up and get some breakfast. A quick shower was the order of the day but with only a dribble of water coming out of the tap it had to be abandoned.

The water supply was a bit odd .... It seemed that last night from our recollection we had managed to flush the loo and brush teeth without difficulty but these had been a bit spread out time wise. This morning you could turn the tap on and get about half a kettle full on a very low pressure of water. Then about 5 minutes later you would get the same amount - a shower would have taken forever!!

We went off to the supermarket in the hope that the water situation would sort itself out but unfortunately it hadn't. Luckily we had enough to get the kettle boiled for coffee to go with our breakfast.

Afterwards as we couldn't find the janitor we checked with a few office/shops to see if it was an isolated issue - it was! However we did discover where the apartment water supply stopcocks were kept (in cupboard on ground floor by the lift - we're based on the third floor). Ian located it and after we worked out which of the hundreds of taps was ours, found that it wasn't fully open. So we reckon for they must turn them off over the winter period as we turned the internal apartment stopcock on when we arrived. Water supply now fully restored 🙂.

As it was lovely and sunny we headed off for what could be our daily walk, along the prom to Roses. A fair few out on the beach and plenty walking along the seashore.

Admiring the sand art

Pleased with our 10k step walk we returned for lunch and waited for the afternoon sun to come round to the balcony. It starts to come round at about 2.30pm.

Ian having a siesta in the only spot of sunshine 

It will be interesting over the next 4 weeks to see how much earlier the sun arrives. 😀. 

More walking in the sunshine tomorrow we hope 🤞

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