Sunday 17 September 2017

Autumn...

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooo the bee eaters are back and that can only mean one thing - Summer is on it's way out as they are now migrating back from wherever it is that they spend their summers.  Their arrival earlier in the year with their very distinctive sound heralds the beginning of summer and their reappearance heralds the end - the village children are returning back to school after their mammoth three month break and the days are getting shorter and the nights cooler.  I was only saying to someone the other day I was looking forward to the Winter and snuggling up on the sofa watching a film, with the log burner burning and something bubbling away in the slow cooker - I should be careful what I wish for as it will come sooner than we think!

For some reason I failed to take any photographs today - I think it was because it was somewhat chaotic.  Laura and Mark had to check out of the Spa at 11.00 but weren't flying until about 10.00pm from Paphos so we had told them to come here to spend the remainder of the day and freshen up before returning to the UK.

My cousin Nick and his wife Cheryl had hired a car and wanted to come and see where we lived as Nick's mum and dad, my Aunty Joyce and Uncle David always come and stay with us when they are over (which they will be at the end of the month).  Although I had given them instructions to head to Kathikas and ring us from there so that I could shoot out and find them they somehow managed to find their way into Arodes although they thought they were in Inea!  John went out to find them and brought them back to ours.

Laura and Mark had very kindly brought John a birthday cake and a selection of other cakes from the lovely bakery in Prodromi last night and we all sat round the table under the vine to try and eat up the remainder but failed miserably so there is still a mountain of confectionery left in the fridge which we will have to share round the estate!

We got the map out and suggested that Nick and Cheryl would enjoy the drive along the coast from Polis to Pachyammos to see the wonderful church and take in the harbour at Pomos on the way back.  Thankfully this time they managed to negotiate their way successfully and get back!

Mark and John shot down to Paphos for Mark to get his I-phone Screen replaced having juggled it at the beginning of the holiday and found it didn't bounce.  They returned in time for Laura to have a shower and pack up their things before they went down to Mandria for something to eat before dropping off the hire car and heading for the airport.  Their visit seems to have been so very brief - it was a joy to have seen them and I have a sneaky feeling they will be back again next year.

Days and meals are merging into a messy blur so I have no idea what we ate for tea but I seem to think it was cold so we sat indoors.  It had been a much much cooler day and very windy.  I do remember we had an early night though.

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