9th february
I haven't really described how amazing this location is. In the summer it would be regarded as fabulous. Because it is winter it is difficult to get the right photo, but here is a starter.
Difficult to see but you can see some sand banks in the distance and lagoons in front of them. It is really beautiful.
So JC decides to follow in my footsteps or cycle path!to attempt the ride To Fuseta and sets off around 11.00 with mobile phone in case of pallava. He phones about an hour later to say he is sitting on the beach at Fuseta having a coffee. How irritating. He is fitter than me and on his way to his 81st!
I drive over to Olhao and Faro in the afternoon introducing myself to the local boatyards and leaving my cards.
Back home for turf (jc) and surf(me) supper, of steak and sole. The kitchen equipment is arcaic and the gas oven has no grill, so there is an antiquated Microwave/grill but no instructions and difficult to follow the decals. We decide I will cook my sole in a frying pan and JC will use th mixrowave grill.
It is a cold night and we have 2 x oil radiators on and a fan heater. Jc's grill has been running for 10 minutes but nothing is happening when he checks again and then......click.... the lights go out.
Quite funny really as I am standing by the gas oven with potatoes in one saucepan, beans in another and my lovely fish sauteing away in pitch darkness. We both laugh out loud and i turn off the hobs and find the iphone which has a torch. We look for a circuit board. The only fuse box is in the garage and all looks ok. The information file has 2 x telephone numbers. One is for Alan.
"Hi Alan, My name is Mandy. We are staying at Ceu Azul and the electrics have gone off."
"Can I stop you there." Says Alan. I have not worked for the company for 3 years and have asked them to remove my details."
"Ah, ok thank you." Phone goes down and we sit in darkness for a minute. I phone the other number and there is a Portugese answer machine message.
Looking back at the original booking paperwork, i then phone Adele in England. She answers and Imexplain the problem. She sounds a bit apologetic and explains that the electricity comes from the house next door. Ah, of course. I remember now. If the electricity goes we need to knock up the neighbour. But we know there has been noone living there during our stay.
So Adele then describes how to get in to the house next door. ie where the hidden key is and then into the main bedroom there is a wooden wardrobe and just like the Lion, the Witch and the.... I climb inside and look up under a panel at the side and there is the black button. PUSH. Ahh, feels good. Yes, lights in the house we have broken into are working! Thank you Adele. Perhaps all this should be in the information folder?
I haven't really described how amazing this location is. In the summer it would be regarded as fabulous. Because it is winter it is difficult to get the right photo, but here is a starter.
So JC decides to follow in my footsteps or cycle path!to attempt the ride To Fuseta and sets off around 11.00 with mobile phone in case of pallava. He phones about an hour later to say he is sitting on the beach at Fuseta having a coffee. How irritating. He is fitter than me and on his way to his 81st!
I drive over to Olhao and Faro in the afternoon introducing myself to the local boatyards and leaving my cards.
Back home for turf (jc) and surf(me) supper, of steak and sole. The kitchen equipment is arcaic and the gas oven has no grill, so there is an antiquated Microwave/grill but no instructions and difficult to follow the decals. We decide I will cook my sole in a frying pan and JC will use th mixrowave grill.
It is a cold night and we have 2 x oil radiators on and a fan heater. Jc's grill has been running for 10 minutes but nothing is happening when he checks again and then......click.... the lights go out.
Quite funny really as I am standing by the gas oven with potatoes in one saucepan, beans in another and my lovely fish sauteing away in pitch darkness. We both laugh out loud and i turn off the hobs and find the iphone which has a torch. We look for a circuit board. The only fuse box is in the garage and all looks ok. The information file has 2 x telephone numbers. One is for Alan.
"Hi Alan, My name is Mandy. We are staying at Ceu Azul and the electrics have gone off."
"Can I stop you there." Says Alan. I have not worked for the company for 3 years and have asked them to remove my details."
"Ah, ok thank you." Phone goes down and we sit in darkness for a minute. I phone the other number and there is a Portugese answer machine message.
Looking back at the original booking paperwork, i then phone Adele in England. She answers and Imexplain the problem. She sounds a bit apologetic and explains that the electricity comes from the house next door. Ah, of course. I remember now. If the electricity goes we need to knock up the neighbour. But we know there has been noone living there during our stay.
So Adele then describes how to get in to the house next door. ie where the hidden key is and then into the main bedroom there is a wooden wardrobe and just like the Lion, the Witch and the.... I climb inside and look up under a panel at the side and there is the black button. PUSH. Ahh, feels good. Yes, lights in the house we have broken into are working! Thank you Adele. Perhaps all this should be in the information folder?
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