Good morning Sunday from.....

[Ally]

....Nerja.

I treated birthday boy to a surprise weekend here.

We left yesterday morning and Don thought we were going to Conor's (who had been here since Thursday and went home around 9am yesterday) and I pretended he'd forgotten something and we were going to take it over to him. His face was a picture when I 'missed' the turning for Cala del Moral and kept driving.

It's been so incredibly hot where we live (surrounded by mountains which don't half trap the heat ) that being here with the sea breeze is just lovely.

I'm up early, as usual, so I'm going for a walk along the coast.

Get back and wake Don up for the hotel breakfast.

We'll watch the England game in a bar then head back home as we're meeting friends tonight in the Thai restaurant.

Hope is everyone is ok and has a good day.xx

[JanB]

Morning Ally, morning everyone

Cloudy but warm.

Glad Don had a good birthday Ally

I've just been watching a pair of grouse stroll up the drive Also watched by Molly, from her hiding place in the bushes

Not doing a lot - again - today but bbq later.

Have a good day everyone, whatever you're doing xx

[Osc]

Morning all, beautiful sunny start to the day, tee shirt and shorts on, plans made to sit in the sun.......sun now gone, totally clouded over Ho hum, now I might have to actually do something Oh well, I still haven’t stripped Michael and Kellie’s beds from last week, and there is ironing.....

[saundra]

Morning all cloudy start now mega blue sky
If decided not to do anything in the house except essential stuff when I can be inside
So it's garden with salad for tea
Enjoy your day everyone

[jenniren]

Morning all

Lovely and sunny here

Have a lovely time in Nerja Ally.

We're loving being able to sit out in the garden, more of the same today. Keeping things nice and easy for dinner, I'll pop a chicken in to roast but instead of veg with it we'll have new pots and salad. Choccy blancmange with orange jelly for pud.

Hope you all have a good day, stay safe xx

[Workingman]

Good afternoon.

Cloudy but warm and brightening up.

The fanzone out the back is set up and running. G is trying a beer to see that they are cool enough! It is England V Croatia and because it is England we are bored already. We have three a side sponge ball on the go.

Have a good one everybody.

[saundra]

If just scraped some new potatoes Jen
Never again my hands are now painfull
It's a job bill always did

[jenniren]

I gave up scraping them years ago Saundra, they get a wash and then into the pan skins and all. Anything for an easy peasy life, that's me

[Workingman]

Not only that, Jen, scraping or peeling means throwing away the healthiest and tastiest bits.

Don't do it Saundra... live a little.

[Kaz]

Afternoon

Scorchio here! Mick and I were up early, for a lovely walk round the Docks, before it got too hot, and then brekky sitting outside Corretto's We popped round to D's afterwards, to put her bins out, and spent a very pleasant couple of hours on her patio, under her garden parasol

We've had new potatoes cooked with mint, a salad made with mixed watercress, rocket and spinach leaves, cherry tomatoes and red onion, in a balsamic and olive oil dressing. Mick had baked salmon with his, and I had cold sliced beef Not much sign of B today, she was out all day yesterday with a group from work- one of them has a big house and garden nearby, and they've taken to meeting up there, low-key partying in the garden. She crept in at silly O'clock last night, I vaguely heard her

Ally, a lovely surprise for the birthday boy xxx

Smiling at Molly staking out the grouse, Jan xxx

Ironing, Osc!! That change in the weather has a lot to answer for xxx

Definitely salad weather, Saundra xx

Lovely sitting out enjoying the good weather, isn't it Jen? xxx

Boring football Frank? Surely not!! It's a footie-free zone here xx

Stay cool everyone xxx