Last night it was once again pleasant to be able to hear the sound of the sea, something we both commented on. We were late up this morning, a little jet lagged from yesterday's rush to get here before darkness fell, and the hour change in time.
By sitting up in bed, and opening the sun roof it's possible to take photos, here was the view at 8 this morning.
After breakfast, we moved Marge so she was sideways on to the sea, our view now complete, there was no reason to move on, so we decided to stay for another night. A short walk from us was a new toilet and shower facility. Excellent! John set off, washing kit in hand. After a while he returned, having run the water, realising it would not turn from cold to hot. A cleaning lady has be in attendance all day, she probably thought that'll teach you freeloading English! So it was showers in Marge, putting up with her leaky pipe work.
Then, before lunch, we walked out along the seafront and back through the small town. Outside one of the beachfront cafes a woman of around eighty sat. She had been 'nipped and tucked' within an inch of her life, and looked liked she'd been sucked into the chair, her posture a little worrying! Another woman passed by, in a lycra bodysuit, she'd been sucked into, it fitted where it touched. Obviously anything goes here.
Due to staying a second day we will not be running the engine, so to ensure we keep our household supply batteries fully topped up John has deployed the auxiliary solar panel using the side door and our washing line. It gives an extra 2 amps of charge on top of our roof panels.
(see if you can spot Marge behind the sand dunes)
We don't want to sound complaining, but the heat during the afternoon was a little too much. So we ventured in to the sun lit waters of the Atlantic for a paddle. The sea temperature here is quite cold, and we noticed that not many people ventured far in to it.
On the beach, we picked up a complete oyster shell, filled with the compacted sand of time. We will take it home with us, adding it to our collection of other objects we have found whilst away on our travels, such as marble from Pompeii, and a small piece of interesting driftwood found on a beach on the Adriatic coast.
Fatigued by the heat, we spent the rest of the afternoon reading and observing the behaviour of a single German man in the van in front. He has two large video camera's, one either side of his roof rack at the rear of the van, and strips of LED lighting under his roof box. Very security conscious. His behaviour reminded us of a member of our family. Shortly after half an hour of male grooming, a small car drew up, with a man and two woman in it. The male driver knocked on the side of the Germans van, and the rest is just speculation for a good story! He appears to still be alone. I think we'd recognise one of the women from yesterday's hedgerow, as they were so distinguishable with their one eyebrow look!
This evening, we are looking forward to another stunning sunset. Tomorrow, Marge will be back on the road ,she has a lot of places to see in this area, before moving on to the Costa del Sol.
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