For the second day in a row it was cool and cloudy at sunrise, so it took longer than usual for warmth and light to penetrate the apartment. For the first time since my arrival, a pullover was necessary for the first and last couple of hours of each day. But, once the sun was in clear sky it was pleasant enough not to need a jacket. The rain clouds stayed off shore, where precipitation was visible early on, but it never came inland and that was very good news for the Autumn Fair organisers.
I got down to St Andrew's an hour before the Fair started, and the hall was busy with people preparing their stalls. Two gents were cooking bacon butties and were already doing a good trade. I started things formally with a welcome and a blessing at eleven. Already a couple of dozen people had arrived, and a steady influx continued for the next two hours. It gave me an excellent opportunity to meet and chat with a variety of folk, some of whom were long standing residents and others transient visitors. It was an enjoyable experience.
As activity began to wind down, I went off to a late lunch at the home of churchwarden Bill, who lives in an urbanizacion near the light house at the edge of La Cala de Mijas. He barbeceued some amazing local sausages outside in his garden, to go with the food his wife Suzanna had prepared indoors. We talked and ate most enjoyably until nearly six.
Dark clouds rolled in a little as the sun went down, and there was one flash of lightening and a thunderclap, but nothing more. The almost full moon penetrated the thin layer of inland cloud and lit the garden beautifully.
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