A change of scenery

We enjoy lying on a sunbed by our pool because when we get too hot we can just go for a dip but after a couple of days we need a change of scenery. That's why we like to go to the beach and indulge ourselves in our favourite sport - people watching. Of course by August it will be impossible to park anywhere near the beach so we need to go whilst it is still possible to get there.

Yesterday there were plenty of people who had decided to do the same thing but it is such a long stretch of sand at Guadamar that there is always plenty of space. Most of the people were Spanish who seem to just go down for the morning and then leave for siesta and possibly come back at about 5pm. We just stay all day and get under the sombrilla during the hottest hours.

It is amusing to see how different people behave. Some like us just lie or sit like lizards soaking up the sun. A lot go off for long walks along the shoreline. Near to us yesterday though was one of those blokes who couldn't stop still for more than five minutes. Just watching him was tiring! If he wasn't going off to buy drinks and food, he was going in the sea for a snorkel or burying his son in the sand. He'd brought a thick book to read but never sat down with it for more than five minutes. I reckon he will still be reading that book on the beach in five years time.

Last night our friends John and Jean came up to see us. They've been back to the UK for 12 days so we had a lot to catch up on. Inevitably I drank too much red wine and now have a dull head this morning. Never mind a cup of tea will soon sort that out. We'll pobably go to the market later. The walk down will burn off the last of the alcohol and then after the walk back we'll be ready to go in the pool again.

PS Pam tells me that some of the ladies on the beach were only wearing the bottom half of their bikins - now I never noticed that!!!