A year ago today we signed up on a six month lease in Bollington in the UK.
A few days ago we signed up for a one year lease on a villa in Mojacar Spain!
We really enjoyed our six months in Bolly and I am pretty sure we will enjoy our one year here, although to be fair we won't be here for the whole year as we will be going off on excursions in the motorhome and will probably cruise north for a wee while in the hotter months.
We have been busy lately, sorting out the new place. The owner left a few days ago and, in his words, 'do what you want with the place'. He left everything behind, including all the white goods, furniture, bedding, absolutely everything.
So today we just about finished sorting everything out. We will personalise it a bit more once we collect all of our stuff from storage in Manchester and from my mum's house in Milton Keynes. I'm not sure how we are going to get the goods here yet but we will find a way.
We started off the day with, once again, a fantastic sunrise. Sometimes I get up, watch it then go back to bed. Actually, most times I go back to bed!
We then took the dogs for a walk along the paseo, as you can see the crowds haven't arrived yet.
To the left ...
Middle ...
And to the right ...
We walked right to the end of the paseo then backtracked, walking along the beach ...
After the walk we headed up to the villa, where I took a few indoor shots.
This is the lower deck leading off of the bedrooms, it looks straight down the cliff out to the sea.
The framework is a flyscreen which covers all the outdoor areas. It looks a bit strange but the owner said he got so fed up with the flies and mozzies that he had it built and now you can sit outside all summer without getting eaten alive. It will also allow us to have all the doors and windows open in the house, without having any nasties buzzing around ...
The upper deck leads off of the lounge and kitchen. This also has a perspex roof over it,so that we will be able to dine outside in all weather! Once again, glorious views of the med ...
It also has a roof terrace which has 360 degree views. It was hot up there today so in the summer it would be unbearable, but it will be very handy to dry the washing!
Looking up the hill which is a dead end, so very little passing traffic ...
You do get the best views from up there though ...
The main living room ...
Looking back towards the kitchen ...
Upstairs dunny. It's all very Spanish in design, as is the whole villa ...
Laundry and store room (still being sorted!) ...
Ditto ...
Downstairs bathroom ...
Main Bedroom ...
En suite ...
The smallest bedroom, which Elaine is making into her massage room. She just needs her massage table in it now and she will be away ...
Ditto ...
The third bedroom, which will look a lot nicer when we have sorted it out a bit more ...
I had to take a pic of two passing tugs as the sea for the last few days has been so flat that you can't pick out the horizon! It's just above the tugs ...
Tonight we have been to a house warming of a couple we met a few weeks ago. I went go kart racing yesterday with some local lads whose average age was about 25 ... they flogged me and I came last! I was so knackered I had to go to bed at 19.30! Finally we have another visitor arriving tomorrow, Elaine's old school friend, Jane, from Macclesfield who is joining us for Christmas.
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