It was lovely seeing them both again and a coincidence that they both came on the same weekend! Jenny stayed with Liesl’s Mum and Nick with us.
Liesl and Jenny spent Thursday together – Jenny insisted on cuddling the hens – totalling oblivious to the fact they were putting sh*t all over her nice red coat! They wandered up to the village and bought some fruit and veg and then made an omelete with some of our own fresh eggs. It was a lovely day – and Liesl hops that they can do it again some time again next year.
Richard & Nick spent the Friday together “bonding” as Liesl calls it! It was really nice to see Nick again and to spend some proper time with him. The last time we saw him was when he came over as a surprise for Richard’s 40th birthday. Nick seemed to enjoy the chilling weekend but it went too quickly. Hopefully he will get out to see us again soon.
John is going to renovate the office for us and Richard and I will help where it needs 2 people. Although we live in the finca, the real office is still in Gran Alacant. Richard is having to work on computers there till late at night and then coming home – or sometimes ends up staying over! – we can’t wait until the office is finished and we can lead a less complicated life.
To save money, we borrowed a cement mixer from Barry and Roy came along to do it for us and we were his labourers for the day. I have to say that this was probably the most difficult day of physical labour we have ever experienced! We had to shovel out about a ton of pebbles, then dig out about a ton of earth. Then the cement mixing started and we thought it wouldn’t take long to finish – WRONG! The mixer dies after 2 mixes and we had to mix all the rest by hand. It took about 7 hours! I thought it would never finish!
