HAPPY BIRTHDAY Rebecca!
Another early start and we were at the quinta for 8.00. We checked on Gary .................. we’d feel bad if we stopped checking and something else happened to him.
There was still no sign of the radishes so I had a dig around and I think I found some radish seeds sprouting; I’ll just have to carry on waiting, it’s been nine days they’re supposed to germinate in 3 – 4 days. A few more mangetout and French beans have come through; but I have to say I thought everything would be quicker here, in the heat (stuff always came through faster in the polytunnel than outside in Wales).
Peasant woman working in her garden!
We spent another day working on the vegetable garden and then rewarded ourselves with a dip in the ‘plunge pool’ It’d gone a bit slippery on the bottom; when we first got in we could see through the water, when we got out it was murky (with green bits floating in it) as we had disturbed all the slimy stuff growing on the floor. So now we’re seriously thinking about getting a proper swimming pool, but they need a pump and filter system running for a minimum of eight hours a day, and as we don’t have electricity that is a BIG problem; I looked at solar pumps, the cheapest I could find was £700!!!!! That wasn’t with a swimming pool.
The electricity hadn’t been fixed, when we got back to the campsite, but only half the site was affected so we had to move to another pitch; which is a shame as we had found somewhere which seemed to be in the shade for most of the day – overheating is a problem here (I’m bragging again!).
Tomorrow is the 2nd Tuesday in the month i.e. market day; Brett is quite confident to drive the narrow track we used last time to get to the quinta.
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