VJ Day (Visit by Janet Day)

WHOOPS

not sure what happened to this post - it got forgotten!

It is here - the day that John's Mum Janet arrives with her friends Jackie and Stan for a two week holiday in Polis.  This time she is staying in Polis Gardens which is a holiday complex tucked back from the main road and which backs onto open fields.  If you didn't know it was there well then you just wouldn't realise that such a place existed.  It would appear to be a complex where there are people living permanently and other properties let for holidays and others just empty.  When we went down this morning to check it out and drop off a few bits it was quiet and that will be just what they want.

Their home for the next two weeks is Delta Uno - a two-bedroomed two-bathroomed town house which is positioned equidistant from the two pool areas so they will not have noise from the pools to disturb them.  It has a little seating area outside the front and a shady secluded eating area out the back complete with chimnea and barbeque.  It is clean, tidy and comfortable and Kim had already been and dropped off a welcome pack which we supplemented with the gins and tonics which we had bought in readiness!  Even better the TV works with all the channels you could wish for including one which will be showing the Ryder Cup when it kicks off on Friday - Stan will be well happy!!!

If they exit the front of the town house and walk to the right there is the larger of the two pool areas with a huge adult pool and a small childs' pool next to it.  The area is very clean with lots of umbrellas and sun beds and the water in the pool looked very inviting helped by the fact that once again we were enjoying cloudless blue skies - it will be a bit different from the 4 degrees which Janet, Jackie and Stan left this morning!

There was one swimmer going up and down, up and down doing lengths looking very professional and when we returned later with our visitors she was still going up and down, up and down - we wondered if she had been there all day!!!!  She seemed to be wearing a professional full body swim suit so maybe she was in training for something!

If they exit the front of the town house and turn left they walk down a path with some lovely plants either side and come to the second smaller pool area which had absolutely no-one around it this morning.

The pool is smaller so not suitable for someone who wanted to do some serious swimming but fabulous for dipping in and cooling off.  Again it was beautifully clean and there were beds and brollies available along with a nice shower area.

The accommodation also benefits from a designated underground parking space which will keep Kenny cool and Kim has put together some comprehensive information which just about covered everything we could think of - we hope our guests like it - we can think of worse places to be!!!

John set off for the airport early afternoon - he was stopping to do a few things for Mum beforehand.  The Jet2 flight from East Midlands was on time which was a bonus as this airline doesn't seem to have the best track record for its schedules!  This meant that I was home alone waiting for a call to say they had arrived and were on their way to Polis so that I could join them with Kenny who is going to be in Stan's tender care for the next fortnight.

I am not sure whether Charlie (who kept me company all afternoon) had got hot and was cooling down on the tiles in the lounge or was hoping that the fire was going to be lit!!!!  I had expected him to be rather more conspicuous by his absence now that Lou and Malc are here but he has clearly got the hump that his BFF George isn't here this year and Aunty Perse isn't down the road either so he is doubly miffed.

I left him sulking while I went across to the spare bedroom to tackle the ironing that is lurking in there.  I had hoped to be saved by the bell but it was not to be and I got the whole lot done before John called to say they were in Polis unpacking and could I come down to meet them.

We had a quick trip to Paps to stock the shelves - Stan and Jackie were amazed that we arrived at the shop in daylight and then within about 10 minutes it was dark!!!  Once the sun goes down that is it - from light to dark in seconds!!

Whilst in Paps I bumped into Lola with her grandmother Elizabet (Elena's Mum) and we stopped for a quick chat - shamefully I hadn't realised she had been over for a couple of weeks already.

We finished our day with a trip to Yiallos for our evening meal and sat listening to the waves crashing on the shore - it was warm - a bit too warm for our visitors!!!!  Everyone enjoyed their meal and it was a great start to their holiday let's hope it continues that way.