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It’s been a couple of weeks since I updated the blog, so I thought I’d provide a quick update on what we’ve been up to, which is a lot more of the same really, but really enjoyable. We’ve tended to spend the week with my parents, which I’ve really enjoyed and has also worked wellContinue reading “Goodbye friends & family. Next stop Antalya, Turkey”

We spent the week with our parents, which after 4 months away has been nice to do, just helping out with some of the mundane tasks whilst doing the fun stuff too. After the morning exercise program, we’ve taken some really lovely early morning walks with my mum along the banks of the River Ouse.Continue reading “Looking in on family and catching up with friends.”

The quarantine period wasn’t too bad and whilst we stayed at my brothers, who was out of town, we took the opportunity to sort through some of our stuff that hadn’t quite managed to make it into storage. We decided that we’d keep to our early morning exercise routine, followed by a good walk, swappingContinue reading “Released from quarantine!”

We’ve pretty much used up our 90 day European allowance, so as planned we headed back to the UK to look in on family and friends, before moving on again. Our final week was a mixed bag weather wise, we had some heavy rain whilst the higher levels got snow! And the temperature gauge hadContinue reading “Bye bye Canaries, back to the UK for a few weeks.”

Where we are staying, sits between 2 bell towers (stereo) and whilst it’s been really nice to hear the bells sounding out, it has also made us very aware of our mortality. The bells ring every 15 minutes. At quarter past it chimes once, at half past twice, three times for quarter to the hourContinue reading “A chilled Week”

This was our last week at “Calle de Fragata 4” and on reflection, it has been an enoyable stay, with great walks, a very welcoming tennis club and the interesting Playa de Jardin to march along every morning at dawn. We’ve been deliberating for the past few weeks on where to go to next andContinue reading “Calle Esquivel – Puerto de la Cruz”

We’ve had the car since we arrived on the island and it’s been handy to have to get around, but we’d agreed that Tuesday was the day to return it. We could have extended it but the main reason we didn’t, was that we’d become a little lazy, choosing to drive somewhere when we couldContinue reading “Stargazing & the Orchid Gardens”

We’ve had a great a week, bathed in warm sunshine. It’s been perfectly balanced between relaxation and physical activity. First thing every other day we’ve played an hour and a half of tennis. The courts are situated on a cliff edge, which makes it difficult to concentrate, as the view out across the ocean isContinue reading “Feliz Año Nuevo – Mt Teide, walking & whale watching”

Festive greetings everyone! We decided to head south to check out Los Christianos, Playa de Las Americas and Costa Adeje, hoping to find somewhere to swim, eat and relax. Tenerife is shaped a bit like a pork chop, with the north side of the island being the thin end, Puerto de la Cruz sits onContinue reading “Feliz Navidad!”

The weather was perfect for our last week in Gran Canaria and we managed to get some tennis in, a few swims and a final trip south west to Tauro beach which we’ve enjoyed and as luck would have it they had an Italian opera singer performing at the little beach restaurant, which was aContinue reading “Gran Canaria to Tenerife”