On holiday....at last!

Sunday 23rd December 2018 - Torre del Mar.

We arrived on site at Torre on Friday and were joined by David and Wendy.  The site is still pretty empty.  We came here at the end of November and found out that this is the first year they have opened all year round and the ACSI campsite book still shows them as being closed from October onwards - therefore they haven't had too many bookings.  Janice has told me that we can treat our stay here as a 'holiday' as opposed to our austere 'lifestyle' we have been following up to now.

David and Wendy's chairs used to belong to my Mum and Dad and Wendy claims they still smell of Dad...or at least his pipe smoke?  We should be able to bottle 'essence of Dad' and sell it is an after shave....on reflection I don't think it will be the next Brut!

We won't be rushing around too much.  On Friday afternoon we walked along the beach into the start of Torre.  We walked past the nudist campsite and there were quite a few nude men on the beach!  Wendy was overcome and had a stroke, Janice couldn't reach!  Joke!

We had a beer in a beach bar and walked back along the road.  The girls must not have been too impressed with what they had seen earlier.

We had a night of several drinks and a lot of laughs.  The sherry came out later.

Yesterday we cycled into Torre and had a good look along the prom.  On a Saturday afternoon the locals were out in force.  David and I had an ice cream.  

I was tempted with a 'Dracula' flavour.....a combination of Cola, vanilla and raspberry sauce......rather different!

Later, Wendy prepared a lovely chicken dinner followed by bread and cheese.

Although Wendy and David live in France they have recently been back to the UK and the cheese included Scottish Cheddar, Wensleydale with Cranberries and Blue Stilton.  Very nice too....we aren't too impressed with Spanish cheeses.  Later we played a competitive game of Uno....according to David and Wendy's new 'French' rules!!  Well, I don't like to be racist but when have the French ever played fair?  It backfired as Janice won.