New Hairstyle!

Wednesday 28th November 2018 - Cabopino.

The place we are staying sounds like a good name for a wine.....Cabernet and Pinot Noir?

The day started perfectly.  The sun was shining and the sea was blue.  We exercised on the beach and then took chairs and coffee on the beach too.

We took a couple of photos...

I even took a selfie...

I had no idea when I took the picture that I had a palm tree sprouting from the top of my head.  It gives a good idea of what my hair would look like if I didn't get it cut on top.  I think it could become fashionable...one day?

As I said yesterday, we intended to cycle to Marbella.  However, the roads are totally rubbish for cycling from here.  We hoped that there was a route along the beach (shown on Google maps)....there was a route...it was along the beach and totally unsuitable for riding!  Have you tried riding along a sandy beach on a road bike?  So we ended up pushing our bikes along the beach for about an hour and a half and we still hadn't got within 6 kilometres of Marbella.  The problem was a lack of a parallel road to the beach.  All roads went away from the beach and up to a dual carriageway that we weren't willing to cycle along.

Not a bad beach though.  Janice didn't have to push both bikes but she is soooo kind!

And the paella for lunch compensated for the disappointment of not reaching Marbella.

One of the nuisances of this area is the African guys who patrol the beach selling all sorts of fake goods.  Why do they allow it!  It spoils a lovely relaxing time on the beach and in the bars.  It is a constant flow of people trying to sell handbags, then jewellery, then pashminas, then watches or sweaters.  It is totally organised by a Gangmaster and it spoils a good day out.  The guy next to us made the mistake of asking the price of a watch and spent the next 15-20 minutes trying to get rid of the seller.  What a plonker!

Back to Cabopino and we had a little sunbathe on the beach and in the evening we walked into the harbour area to see the sunset.

The first sunset photo doesn't show very well, but we are sure we can see the rock of Gibraltar and the coast of North Africa.