Bedrock

There are quite a few Brits here – most of them seem to have dogs so we get lots of conversation – everyone seems friendly, many are retired or semi-retired. This morning I have to meet the delivery folk in town to guide them here – a decent chair for the main room and the all-important computer desk (the stuff is plastered all over the kitchen right now) then we’re off to Murcia – a trip to Ikea and my favourite – Carrefour. The drill bits that came with my B&Q special drill collapsed on first use so a new set was added to the list.

Place still looks a tip – the builder didn’t come back to us re: the jacuzzi so it’s still sitting in the wrong place – with it’s concrete base taking up more room. Murcia was an eye-opener – I was not that impressed by Ikea at all – indeed, the compact fluorescent lights we’re putting up were over twice as expensive as in the UK Ikea – so next stop (after filling the car to the brim) was my all-time favourite – Carrefour. At the lighting budget section I found 2-packs of 15w compact fluorescents for just over 4 euros – and so bought a boatload of them – got them back here – excellent – the colour is identical to “standard” and they’re even brighter than claimed.

The 2-hour trip back from Murcia was fun, we could not see a thing out of the mirror – as ever square inch of the car was full of stuff. After the power-failure the night before I made sure we picked up an uninterruptable supply, Carrefour had a pack of several hundred drills for 9 Euros which I simply could not resist – and I’m sure Maureen bought every cup, plate, glass and shelf known to man.

Last night we heard a buzzing noise, looked around and spotted a passing hang-glider. What a wonderful thing to be doing at sunset! It’s 9:18am on Saturday morning and today is all about drilling holes in walls. Best get started…