Sunday September 19th

Last night we went out with Manolo, Macu and baby Manolito at a place called Cabo de Roche in Conil. We had a nice meal with them and I thoroughly enjoyed Tuna Almadraba which I have never had before but will certainly try again (before it becomes extinct, Bill reckons it is a threatened species). Manolo seems keen to sell Uncle Ted's Organics for us to the local strawberry growers, well we'll see (Damien owner of the Vera Cruz is also up for it). On the way back from the car park we saw Marilo for the first time this visit all dressed up to attend the musical event staged on the walls. She actually looked very good, slimmer and quite smart, she is thrilled because she has passed her driving test at the 11th attempt and now owns her own car. Unfortunately she had a "choca" on the first trip out and the car is now damaged down one side but she seems undaunted and as Bill says it now matches every other car in Vejer!

Today a friend of yours Glen turned up, someone called Sue Rice (now divorced from David who she says you met) she said she met you here at Annie's house many years ago. She saw us on the roof and called up, so we asked her to join us for a manzanilla (which we just happened to be having ourselves at the time). She has a house on Poco Sangre, she has no gas or electricity there. She is living in a camping type situation, she was "denounced", the council refused to let her have electricity installed until she took down her railings on the roof terrace, as they are trying to stop people erecting them. Eventually she had to concede and has spent 400 euros having them removed. She has now got fingers and everything else crossed that she will at last be able to get electricity. I think we were very lucky getting away with our railings and the solar panel. The nuns across the way must have put a good word in for us. Anyway when we found out that Sue was eating on her own this evening at La Patria we said we would join her so we are meeting her later at Bar Trafalgar near her place.