An All-sorts Week !!

It's been a hectic week so far down Mojacar way ...

We went to a lovely little Spanish restaurant with a few of the MCC (Mojacar Canal Club) on Sunday.  Two of the members (Cathy and Martin) are returning to their boat this Friday but they have already booked up for five months next winter!  The other two (Sue and Andy) have extended their stay for another month and have also booked for five months next winter!

The (current) MCC ...

Although the motorhome passed a very tough MOT test back in the UK a few weeks ago the inspector did show me that the inside of the front brake discs had worn badly and were corroded.  It still passed the brake test OK but he suggested that I should get it fixed in the near future.

I bought a set of new discs and pads at a Mercedes place in Luton on way back to Spain.

On Monday I went to the highly recommended local garage to fit them - I was going to do the job myself but would have had to bought a hydraulic jack and axle stands!  The garage quoted me 75 Euro (£59.00) ($118AUD) to do the job so it was a no brainer.

It ended up costing a little more as the calipers had seized slightly, but they managed to free them off and grease them up.

The brakes now have a lot more feel to them ...

Yesterday I attended a local community first aid course.  It wasn't a full-on course, just a couple of hours, on basic life support as in CPR and procedures for choking  ... 

The instructor, the bar owner and the dummy (!!) all supplied their services free of charge.  The cost of the course was five euros, with all monies raised going to a local charity.

I'm doing the compressions whilst my colleague does the mouth to mouth in this pic ...

Yesterday arvo we went for a drive up to Bedar, a lovely local village.  Here are the girls enjoying a cuppa ..

... and here is one of the locals we spotted on the way back ...

Today we took all four dogs for a walk along the paseo but, as usual, we didn't get to far before meeting a few of the locals and visitors for a chat ...

We all went our separate ways and Lesley, El and myself had a yummy 'full English' at a local cafe!  

Afterwards we went clothes shopping and ended up buying a teasmade for five euros in a charity shop.   We had one in Australia and loved it ...

Elaine's friend from Sydney (Lesley) has been a godsend.  She is a fantastic cook and has been serving us up some real delights!  She goes back down under Sunday, she will be sadly missed.

The Elaine health front has been very up and down.  We have been to see an Oncologist and he has started her on a daily chemo treatment (oral), so hopefully we will see some improvements to her general health.  Today she is having a good day so we are making the most of it and are off for a seafood Paella tonight!