A day in the life....

It's possible that some readers of this blog may think that we have "the life of riley" here..... living in the sun, going to fiesta's one week, feria's the next. But, we can assure you that life here is not quite like that at all......well, not every day anyway!.

Yes, we do enjoy ourselves getting out and about, both here in Olvera and other places and making new friends but then that's why we took the chance to come here and live our lives.

Anyway, to bring a little perspective to things, we thought today we would show our life as it is more or less on a daily basis.

The first job of each day is to take Peppie, our lovely old dog, for her first walk.

Then after breakfast, we switch the laptop and TV on to check emails and the latest news.

Note that I will not mention any timings as these are flexible depending on the previous night's party !!!. Only joking.

Earning my keep and pocket money.

Not a daily chore but for the last few nights we have had rain overnight which unfortunately brings the litter and other rubbish cascading down the street. So being a good neighbour, Anne sweeps up, usually about two or three times a week.

A walk into town, stopping off at the newspaper kiosk to top up my mobile.












We are passing the bank so call in just to top up the funds for partying and enjoying life.....joking!

Opposite the bank is the fruit and veg shop that we call in to perhaps once a week. The quality of the fruit and veg and the friendliness of the assistants make it a very pleasant place to shop.

On the way home we call in to see friend Gerry to have a drink and catch up on any news.

Gerry's cat Chico who when we call always seems to be asleep on the bed.

Chico was dumped in a skip in town when he was a kitten and luckily for him Gerry was passing and rescued him to a life of luxury.

At four in the afternoon, we popped round the corner to our friend Ana's house. Ana met Anne at the dancing classes at the Pensioners Centre and kindly invited us around to see her house.

She is such a friendly and generous lady...we never leave without armful's of homegrown vegetables or fruit from the Campo (countryside).

In addition, Ana also regularly cuts my hair every four weeks or so, as she does for her husband and other members of her family.
Her son, of whom she is extremely proud, is currently studying at the University of Wales, Cardiff.




Returning from Ana's, we take Peppie for her second walk of the day and usually head to the area by the market that "Socks" the stray dog hangs out.







And there she was, running up to Anne for her tea of dried dog mixer that Anne always carries with her.

She does not go hungry as the local builders also give her food but we just wish someone would adopt her permanently as she is a beautiful little dog.

And that's about it really. Not all party, party, party but just a normal, pretty routine life meeting up with friends and catching up with news but we love it.

Now, where's that drink........!