Buses and Sparrows

Yesterday the Intercontinental Rally left en route for the ferry at Almeria bound for Morocco. At 7am! Not so many months ago I used to be at work at 7am but now in Spain the birds haven't even woken up at that time and neither have I, usually. It goes without saying that they didn't make the quietest of exits and after about twenty vehicles had passed four feet from our bed blipping their throttles I got up, made a pot of tea and went outside to wave the last of them off. By which time all but a few stragglers had left.

Later in the morning we took the bus to Aquadulci for a bit of shopping. We waited 45minutes for a bus there and about the same time for the return. The bus stops display timetables which in no way indicate factually when, or if, a bus will arrive. Fifty five minutes is our record so far waiting for a bus service that goes by every half an hour.

Jenny and Chris who we had met last year arrived back from Morocco yesterday afternoon and we spent a pleasant evening with them last night while they told us of their adventures. We leave in about a weeks time so we are grateful for first hand experiences and tips.

Another lazy day today. The weather was glorious this morning, not a cloud in the sky. A cool wind this afternoon though. Hope you are all enjoying nice weather where you are :)

We are setting off for Granada on Thursday to meet Paul and Chris who we are travelling to Morocco with. We're hoping to visit the Alhambra on Friday and catch the ferry on Monday or Tuesday so, needless to say, we're getting excited and looking forward to the African leg of our trip. Tomorrow we'll give the van a wash and attempt to remove all the accumulated sparrow s**t. I like sparrows, when I was a kid London was full of them but I don't know when I last saw one in West Yorkshire, I just wish they'd do what they have to do on someone else's Motorhome.

I'll leave you with another sunset:

 

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