A good eight and a half hours rest was just what I needed to start another sunny day. With a wind from the west promising to get stronger during the day, Owain went off to Playa Vilches after breakfast, but already waves arriving on shore were making it not worth the effort, so he returned to the house and swam in the pool instead. Jorge arrived to clean the pool and I introduced them to each other.
We drove into town and parked in the usual place, which Owain's friend Jenny calls 'the dust bowl' or tazón de polvo in Spanish. Very suitable for a dusty hollowed out area of waste ground. I took Owain through streets we hadn't visited before, ending up at Biznaga for a tapas lunch. A brief stop at Mercadona on the way back to the car, then when we got back we walked with the rubbish down to the bins, and along the clifftop, really feeling the strength of the westerly wind. Very aerobic exercise!
Early evening, Owain's friends Jen and Ben with their young children Seb and Remi arrived from Nerja to visit us. They have settled here as they can do their jobs on-line, and have chosen to raise their children here in a multi-lingual environment. They arrived by bike! One electric, the other human powered. They are keen cyclists, to say the least. They live in a two bed apartment, so a three storey house with a garden and pool was a wonder for them to explore. Needless to say, they had fun and brought to this house the joyful sound of childrens' voices rarly heard. Owain and I weren't ready for the challenges of infantile mischief, but somehow we got through to their departure without tears. A delightful surprise.
We cooked supper for ourselves with a white fish called simply 'red fish' with lots of garlic and olive oil. A perfect conclusion to our six days together. And then bed, for an early morning start.
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