Friday

Today we had a wonderful picnic next to the source of the La Fuentona river. This was a place we'd been to last year with S&N and wanted to come back for a proper picnic this time. The weather was fabulous, baking hot sun, and we spent the afternoon shuffling around trying to stay in the shade of the trees. The kids had a great time crossing back and forth across the bridges, playing with sticks, paddling, crossing big stepping stones and sitting at the edge dangling their feet in the cold water.

Jamie also showed off her sultry skipping rope dances, all self created. Sandy pointed out that there were a lot of flamenco-y touches, which was interesting.

At one point a chocolate point Siamese cat joined the group, begging for food and lapping up all the attention he could get. I could even pick him up and stroke him, which is very unusual for Siamese, and especially in Spain where most cats are semi-wild.

We had the place virtually to ourselves all afternoon, then wandered off to a cafe for a last cold drink before going home. When we walked back to the car, where we'd been sitting had been invaded by day trippers from a couple of coaches, who packed out all 6 picnic tables and were sitting and standing in every available piece of shade! We thanked our lucky stars they hadn't come any earlier!