The Arbuthnotts

Today we are having visitors, The Arbuthnotts from Aberdeenshire. I know Keith through Photography work and he and his wife were in the area so called in to see us.

So, taken the above this morning was cleaning – again. We slept in a bit, it had been really hot yesterday and into the night, we slept with the door open in the bedroom but during the night it got cold so I got up and closed it, it was then quite a comfortable temperature. I took the dogs round the Olive groves quite early before the sun was too strong, the house is quite warm during the day so we need to walk them when it is cool.

After breakfast we gave the house a quick dust down, it was not too bad but dog hairs are relentless and get everywhere, the heat makes them molt continually and there is always dog hairs floating about. I chopped the top off the tomato plants to help them grow a bit and then we waited for the Arbuthnotts to arrive. Our big treat when I go home (apart from the cheese) is the Sunday Times so we worked our way through that.

Keith  and Gilly arrived just after 1, we sat on the terrace for a while then had a quick walk round the town before landing at Santiagos for lunch, he was the usual attentive self but I confused him by having a fanta rather than a coke.

It was nice lunch and we had a long chat. We walked back to the house then they left to head back to their holiday home near Gaucin.After a large lunch we were both tired so we had a little Siesta, really getting into the Spanish way of life. I always feel rough after I have had a couple of hours sleep so Susan took the dogs out then we started the grand pack for our trip to Portugal tomorrow. We are planning on stopping just on the Spanish side of the border but will spend a bit of time in Portugal.

We packed most of the stuff in the car and will finish tomorrow. A light tea then off to bed.