Up to Coin this morning for the fortnightly midweek Eucharist in the Spanish Evangelical Church building. I took the slower route, avoiding town traffic to get out of Fuengirola, which took me up behind the house on the old steep road around the top of Mijas pueblo, with its spectacular views over the sea. I was impressed how colourful the landscape still is further inland, despite the summer heat. No sign yet of any autumnal colours, many shades of green don't look quite as jaded as greens can at the end of a hot British summer. I was delighted to find a congregation of ten, double what was the regular number when I was here last. I told them all about St Augustine, whose feast day we were celebrating. We chatted over coffee in the nearby restaurant afterwards, before heading home for lunch.
After siesta, we made another visit to El Corte Ingles to buy a wi-fi signal booster. With the arrival of internet TV, providing British TV channels, the router and Minix box were relocated for convenience across the lounge. This changed the distribution of the wireless signal upstairs, so that it's now weak and erratic in the chaplain's study. There's a certain amount of re-enforced concrete in the framework of the house and its upper floors, so positioning of the signal source influences reception. In the study web pages load very slowly and the signal sometimes drops. Stand in the office doorway where the signal is better, and the computer jumps into life. The basic TP-link signal booster didn't take long to set up, and has delivered a considerable improvement at half the price of a couple of powerline network adaptors.
It's Kath's birthday today and we chatted with her briefly on Skype before she went off to celebrate with Kath, Anto and Lucy her co-worker - all were chirpy and excited about the forthcoming dance performance tour they've been preparing for. A lot of hard work, but also a great adventure full of fun for them.
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