We arrived home about two this morning after a super evening down at JC Talk of the Town. John was chuffed to death that we have gone down for the opening of his new bar. He, as usual, sang some fabulous songs and another guy, who we see on Wednesdays in Lentisco‘s, played some wonderful music on his harmonica. John introduced him as being like Larry Adler, and by heck, he really was. I must congratulate him the very next time we see him. Due to a spilt drink, we got chatting to a couple who were sat near to us. They are originally from Rottenstall in Lancs, but despite this they are a really nice coupleJ They retired from teaching a few years back and came firstly to live in Garrucha, quite near here, then moved up to Campagne sur Aude in France, where it is a lot greener. They come back down to Andalusia on occasions for a holiday. They said that they might come up to Taberno on a Wednesday evening to have a dance. JC’s bar is quite small, down on Mojacar Playa, and only a few people could dance at any one time, although lots of people wanted to. Despite this it was a great evening. The journey back is a bit arduous after a long evening, but we did get our sleep in until the cats jumped on us this morning. When at first we didn’t move they waited a while and then jumped on us again.
So far today we have poodled about doing bits and bats.
Elayne found an Egyptian grasshopper on our jasmine plant. It was about three inches long and is apparently related to the locust. See pictures. We never saw it jump, but with legs like that I bet it can.
About two o’clock we took a can of beer each up and sat on the walls of the house. It was a really nice half an hour up there, trying to see where all the rooms will be and then trying to imagine what it will be like when it’s all finished. We all basked in the very warm sunshine on what will be our dining room patio.