Thursday turns into 'Blazing Saddles' Day!

Knowing that the forecast was for even hotter weather today, we decided to stay in Los A and start the preparations for leaving. Boo hoo.

Photos at http://picasaweb.google.com/virginposter/3rdSept2009LosA?authkey=Gv1sRgCNrNi4eiuKO-ew&feat=directlink

However, at the first mention of seafront, bar and coffee, the bikes were wheeled out and we were on our way. It was hot; very, very hot.

We sat in the shade for an hour so at Bar Alaska, chatting and gazing out to sea ........ feeling as if we were sat in an oven like a Christmas turkey. (Which memory jogs me to mention that in Cartagena yesterday an accordion player gave us a rendition of Jingle Bells'!).

Sorry, I digress. The beach was quite busy unlike most of the cafes now. There was a group of disabled adults swimming and canoeing; school children having canoeing lessons; and what Ian calls the 'one o'clock club' and sometimes 'the eleven clock club' who are pensioners who seem to stand in the water chatting for hours on end in the middle of the day.

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Eventually, we had to summon up the energy to cycle back to the apartment. Ian unlocked the bikes and it was then ............. when we started to get on the bikes .................... that we realised just how hot the saddles had become while parked in the sun ................ ouch. And we could also smell the rubber of the tyres.

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Then we started to cycle back to the apartment but made a stop at one of my favourite shops for me to buy a beach dress ........ well, it was reduced by 50% in the sale and so simply could not be ignored; then we stopped at a cafe/bar where Lesley works to take on water ! and lastly a quick whizz around the air conditioned supermarket for more water.

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Lunch on the balcony was the usual salad with queso de Burgos for me ..... I love it. When we heard some builders in the street below we asked them to give us a quote for putting a double glazed window in the galeria to replace the grille that is there now which they were happy to do. We've had one quote already which was horrendous so hope they will be more reasonable. We will see.

After our evening meal it was back on the bikes for a final evening ride along the seafront (yes, we stopped for a bevvy and took some photos). Tomorrow evening we will go out for a meal at a nearby restaurant and bike riding will not be on the menu !!

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I have taken some photos of the bargains that I found in the shops and the market. Isn't it amazing how quickly all these purchases add up? Really, I had no idea that there was so much. I can't begin to tell you how pleased Ian is for me !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!