Bits & Bobs!

OK, so our Bank Holiday came and went and seems ages ago now, as it probably does in the UK. However, unlike the UK, the end of the Bank Holiday saw the end of the rain - and now, wow, summer is here big time.

Every morning we get up and the sky is clear and blue. By 10am it is warm enough to have the big doors open. Washing dries within hours. We don't have to think about whether we need a coat, a cardigan or an umbrella. Long trousers are purely for evenings out again, full shoes are relegated to the back of the wardrobe and dress code is strictly shorts, T-shirts and sandals.

We need to start watering the plants, the bougainvillea is at it's most splendid and the occassional splash of holiday makers in the pools can be heard. (It's still a little cool for the locals to be using their pools, the water hasn't warmed up enough yet!)

According to locals this has been a long cold winter, but we have not forgotten what a long, cold, wet winter is really like.

Now for us the opposite problems, Factor 50 sunscreen, dog walking to avoid the mid-day heat, leisurely afternoons while the sun is at its hottest and the prospect of day after day of this - until October!

Gosh, how will we cope.