It's that time of year again!

High summer is almost over and the Bird of Paradise is flowering again. We have some high winds from the east, the notorious levante, predicted for next week so it may in fact get hotter after a summer which has been mostly very pleasant with light westerly breezes and lots of sunshine. We are sorry if you have been suffering in what we know has been a rotten English summer, but, you know you are always welcome to join us here as Zoe and Chris decided to do. Once they had discovered where the beach was we hardly saw them, but they scrubbed up well we think you'll agree for some evenings out in La Barrosa.




We also invited Marga, our Spanish teacher, her husband Jens and their children, Lino, Ana and Rodrigo to tea in the garden. We got very excited about this and took photos of everything except our guests! However, a good time was had by all and the food disappeared very quickly!

Finally, for now, as you know La Barrosa is not a mecca of shopping, but thanks to Rob and Lyn's friends Ana and Paco with whom we had dinner the other week, we discovered a really lovely ceramics shop and factory in Chiclana. Expect pottery in your christmas stockings this year! Here is one I bought earlier

P.S. If you haven't done so already, put November 12th in your diaries-a big day in the Trickey Tierney households!!!!!!

Ain't it the case!

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Take a look at this! The guy is saying, "As far as I'm concerned, solitude for me is a beach with 350,000 people, not one of whom is my boss." It sums up the month of August here, and no doubt other beach resorts in Spain. The rest of Spain is empty, everyone is here and they all want to sit together!

Us, we are staying in the garden!