The coach now approaching The Princess Hall, Aldershot ......

.............  is the 8.57 for Barcelona, calling at Guildford, Woking. Leatherhead, Reigate, Redhill, Clacket Lane Services and Hythe. Change at Hythe for Dover and Barcelona!

And 21 hours and 58 minutes after leaving Aldershot we  crossed the border into Spain. 

Finally, 24 hours 18 mins after setting off we checked in to our hotel in Malgrat de Mar where the rooms were not to be ready for another 2 hours but the free bar was open!

After dinner and having been up for 36 hours and despite the fact there was 5 more hours of free drinking time available we admitted defeat and collapsed into bed.

The Hotel is a bit of of cross between Hotel Solano from Benedorm and Maplins Holiday Camp complete with Ted Bovis and Peggy Ollenrenshaw! 

However the sun has been shining, the Hotel staff are very friendly, the free bar is open from 10am till midnight and, after all, in the words of Gene Pitney:

Dearest parsnips I had to write to say that I won't be home for a while
Cos somethin happend to me while I was driving here and I'm not the same anymore
But I am only 24 hours from Farnborough
Only one day away from my plot

I hate to do this to you
But I have found something new
What can I do 
And I can never never never get on a bus again!

Hey Ho!

Sunshine over the Isle of Wight

This weekend saw us back down at Lesley in the Autumn Sunshine.

On Saturday night we were entertained by Alexander O'Neal but unfortunately went somewhat downhill and turned out to be a bit of a late one at the Solent View!

Try getting this lot home!

On Sunday afternoon we walked up to look around the Medmerry Re-alignment scheme.

We missed the high tide by about an hour and although work will be continuing on the banks and footpaths until next Spring, we were able to walk along the sea bank to the breach where the sea enters the intertidal area.

And pretty impressive it was:

You can get better idea of the scale of the project from these pictures showing what it will look like from the air:

High Tide

 Low Tide

It's another lovely sunny day here again this morning so I'll leave you with this:

Hey Ho!

Lost for Words!

We returned from Portugal to find this amongst the circulars and take-away menus on the door mat!



































What can I say ?

Hey Ho!