On the Road Again!

Time still flies. Today we went out to Fuengirola, parking in the underground car-park at Las Rampas. Our mission today was to find a shoe repairers. One of Claire's sandals had a problem with a flap broken.  Could we find one? Could we heck. In the end I bought a silver bull to go on pannier for the extortionate amount of  €2. We had a coffee and decided to go to Coin. A white village some 25 kms to the north. TomTom was programmed and we set off through previously unseen Fuengirola until we recognised a bit of the route. Now a beautifully EU funded stretch of paved road to Alhaurin. In 2010, the last time we had a car, we had several off road and gravel tracks to negotiate around the road building programme. The journey to Coin took much longer than 19 miles ought!! We parked outside the town near Antonio's motorcycle shop, and walked back into the square. Jesus at one end and a fountain at the other, with a bandstand in between. We had a coffee and then set the TomTom for h...

Had a late night last night and so struggled to get up when the alarm went off at 08.30 for us to get into Malaga at a reasonable hour. Oh well, leisurely breakfast and more kindle! The maid arrived just as we were getting ready. Really nice girl and we had a chat about the Fiera which is this week in Fuengirola. Me in pigeon Spanish helped on by her fluent Spanish of course! Still it was fun. Once Paul was ready we Aygo'd off in the direction of Fuengirola and ended up in the hills at Mijas.   It was not too busy and we found a parking space fairly easily.  Had a coffee in the cafe close by and while Paul was paying I strolled over to the leather shop next door; 15 minutes or so later after trying on several jackets, aided by a very willing salesman, and encouraged by Paul, I left with a lovely brown leather jacket.  I was offered the choice of a "free" leather purse on my way out!! We did the tour of Mijas admiring the view, stroking the donkeys and avoiding any mo...

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Another late morning. Hey! We are on holiday!!! The reason was the mozzie hunt that we were both on about 3am. I awoke with a pain in my foot that felt like I had been scalded with hot water. The pain climbed up my legs almost to my knees. On inspection we could see the red bite marks. Witch hazel to the wounds and it got better. Then we went on the hunt and located the bastard. Missed it the first time but then it was caught. Whop! It's amazing how much blood they can hold. Down the bog now. C1 train to Fuengirola So after breakfast we had another Kindle session and then went to the station and today we went to Fuengirola. We know the town quite well as we have been many times but even so we found a fountain we had never seen before. The station at Fuengirola is more to the western end of the town. Easy to find and not far from the beach. We had lunch, calamares for Claire and calamaritos for me. Statue by harbour A walk along the seafront where we saw the statue of the topless gi...

Day 1 We were up before 5am for the drive across to Gatwick, where we arrived at the parking about 6.30am. No problems at all getting there and none leaving the car. The reason we went so early was due to the expected (and reported in the papers!) long delays at the security check. In the end we were through in 8 minutes! Luckily there were no delays on the flight and we arrived on time. We had hoped to meet brother's party on their way out, but an hour and a quarter queuing to get the hire car put paid to that. In the end we got a diesel Focus instead of the booked Fusion. Not a bad car, although damned heavy and I keep stalling it when on the hill out out the apartment parking! At night we went into Fuengirola for dinner. I can recommend the portions at the restaurant. If only I could remember the name! Day 2 L ocal day. Got up late after the long day we had had the day before and after breakfast we went to Marbella.  We got parked easily and walked down to the promenade and then...