As widely predicted, Sepp Blatter has at last resigned - the day after my blog entry and I'd like to think that it was the Werewolf of Hampshire that gave him the final shove!
So no more mention of FIFA for the time being.
It’s now over a month since we returned from our latest visit to Fuseta. As always, we had a most relaxing, laid back three weeks in a stunning front-line penthouse apartment. There are only three main apartment blocks in Fuseta but the quality of the apartments that are available for rental is first class.
So no more mention of FIFA for the time being.
It’s now over a month since we returned from our latest visit to Fuseta. As always, we had a most relaxing, laid back three weeks in a stunning front-line penthouse apartment. There are only three main apartment blocks in Fuseta but the quality of the apartments that are available for rental is first class.
Our apartment was no exception. It was far too big for just
two people but having walked past and admired it so many times we just had to
try it out. The falling euro rate helped soften the financial implications!
The owner, a charming Dutch lady named Elly van Hulst, provided the transport from and to the airport and told us all about her amazing career as a world class middle distance athlete.
Her achievements (reproduced here from Wikipedia) are
impressive:
Elisa
("Elly") Maria van Hulst is a former middle
distance runner from the Netherlands. During her career she set one world
record, on 4 March 1989 at the European Indoor Championships in the 3000 m
event, a record that she held for 12 years, as well as three national records.
In 1989 she was named
Dutch Sportswoman of the Year.
Elly van Hulst's
career would last for almost twenty years and bring her 65 national, three
European and two world titles. She participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics in
Los Angeles and the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
At the end of the
1980s Van Hulst showed that she was among the best athletes in the world and in
1988 she defeated Mary Decker, favourite for the 3000 m victory in Zurich.
During her successful
years, Van Hulst trained in the Algarve in Portugal. She loved this place and
later, when her career had ended, moved there. Nowadays she and her husband run
a real estate business, Elly van Hulst Real Estate Lda.
Since our return we have been alternating our time between
maintaining the allotment & garden and relaxing in Selsey. The caravan is planted up and the verandah re-painted - bring on the sun!
Last week my plan for a morning’s beach fishing was scuppered by this story:
Last week my plan for a morning’s beach fishing was scuppered by this story:
Fortunately the bomb was found to be safe and transported
back to Aldershot to be dismantled.
Back at Prospect Road, "the plot" is looking really good this year, much more
advanced than 2014 when we were in Sri Lanka for most of June.
All the hard work is beginning to reap rewards and the first potatoes plus strawberries, beetroot and salad were all picked yesterday and the first broad beans will be ready this week.
I’ll leave you with this tribute to B.B. King, “The King of the Blues”, who sadly passed away on May 14th .
All the hard work is beginning to reap rewards and the first potatoes plus strawberries, beetroot and salad were all picked yesterday and the first broad beans will be ready this week.
I’ll leave you with this tribute to B.B. King, “The King of the Blues”, who sadly passed away on May 14th .
RIP B.B. King
