After only seven months or so, the rubbish has finally gone from outside the gate. I can now walk out of the gate reasonably unimpeded. Cause for celebration.
I can hear a loader at the top of the site removing all the rubbish from there too. Hurrah!
An English couple commented to me that they were really enjoying their stay at the camping. That the staff were so helpful and welcoming and the customer service was very good. It is very pleasing to hear such comments so I passed them on to Georgia and Maria in an email yesterday evening.
Returning from this morning’s walk, Bulldozer Man was traversing the beach in front of CBV towards Grammeno Camping’s beach. Unfortunately the arrival of the bulldozer coincided with our passage from the Promontory across the beach to Grammeno. I had Boris, Heidi and Oscar together with Charlie, Millie and Minnie, whilst Ursula had Princess and Pea together with the Brown Dogs. The sight of Bulldozer Man induced Princess to emit her high-pitched bark and for some of the others to join in. My lot fortunately carried on regardless.
Earlier today I called Barclaycard customer services and chatted to a guy in India who explained that it would be possible for me to pay my monthly balance automatically by means of a direct debit. I keep having a problem when I use the Barclays online banking app where I pay the preceding month’s balance. I end up paying interest on the unpaid amounts which is very annoying. He will send a letter confirming this change. We exchanged pleasantries and I asked him his location. He was in India where the temperature was likely to reach 45C today. I replied that he’d probably want a coat here as we will probably not even get to 30C.
This afternoon we are going out to lunch at Anydri where there is a particularly pleasant restaurant. One of their specialities is a lovely cheesecake. They cater for a variety of tastes and have an extensive vegetarian menu. The view down the gorge from their terrace is very attractive as you sit under the shade of an exceedingly ancient olive tree.
Work continues on the new Small Cabin (AKA Wooden Tent). Lucky Ursula and Tony are content with their present location as they’ve been here a week and I don’t have confidence that the cabin will be completed much before the weekend. I understand the camping will be busy over the coming holiday weekend which might be a bit of a problem as there are only six operational inside showers and the outside ones are in need of some repair. Some of the other showers are to the north of me and consist of a pallet on the ground with a shower rose which is attached to the wire fence. The others are next to the workshop near the toilet cubicles. These are in dire need of attention as they are literally falling down. At least I did not add to the traffic inside today as I took my shower Al Fresco on my very own pallet.
As anticipated, lunch as extremely pleasant rounded off with some of their cherry-topped cheese cake. I only just managed to force down the last mouthful of cheese cake without exploding.
We went back to Grammeno as we’d visited the ATM during the outbound trip.
Such a good lunch would be incomplete without a snooze. I for one, had a good and relaxing meditation in my chair. Fortunately the dogs remained more or less quiet so as not to interrupt my deliberations.
Tony and Ursula came for tea before the evening walk where we met a group of French at the end of the Promontory. I’d seen them set off for their walk as we arrived at the start of ours. Only Pea was allowed to be off the lead since he doesn’t pose too much of a threat. We encountered the French as they started their way back, just as we arrived at the end of the Promontory. They were surprised to see the dogs all being lead but I explained that I didn’t want their walk to be disturbed by the possibility of encountering all the dogs off-lead. They said the dogs should be allowed to run so we let them off. We talked briefly and then they left to rejoin their motorhome parked in the beach car park.
The nice English lady, in one of the other cabins, was waiting at the gate from the beach into the camping. She had been to the supermarket and bought some food for the dogs. She hoped I would not be offended and I replied that I was only too delighted and that any help was most welcome. She has a soft spot for Millie so we may be in with a chance there. I think she plans to work on her other half. A German couple were also there with their small child. The man asked about the procedure for bringing a dog to another country. I explained how the EU Pet Passport scheme works.
As June is upon us again tomorrow, I started their thirty day medication against Leishmaniasis. It’s a bit of a pain but I think it gives the best protection for the dogs against this fatal disease.
The temperature reached 27.7C – not 30C but pretty warm. Now there it is completely still as I sit out under the awning at 22:46 listening to 1920’s Jazz on AccuRadio. This is an Internet radio service which offers a massive collection of music which is conveniently grouped in moods, genre, composer or any which way you choose.