As from today our Christmas celebrations will be in full swing but not before we had some regular and irregular Friday activities!!!
We had to shoot down to Polis first thing and decided that we should give Lakis car a little run to ensure it was all OK after having a new battery recently. So we set off quite happily but soon had a strange noise coming from the back driver's side quarter. Initially we thought it might be a brake pad that was stuck on which happens when a car is left sitting and undriven for a while but then the noise got a little worse and as we pulled in to the side of the road I said "you don't think it's got a puncture do you?" and John opened the door looked behind him and found that he did indeed have a puncture which was a bugger. I had arranged to meet someone at Paps at 11.00 and at this point we had no idea whether John would be able to change the tyre so I rang my lovely friend Diana to come and rescue me and even though John was able to change the tyre relatively quickly the replacement looked well dodgy - so dodgy that I said to John I wasn't overly happy to get back in the car so he shot off and I stood admiring the beautiful view as Di was already en route. Thanks Di, I was so grateful to you for getting me home safely. Cars swapped we did what we had to do in Polis and in time and then we trundled off to Paphos for a game of pickleball.
We had just five of us today but we had a right old laugh and some very good games. I distinctly remember John saying we would get too hot and sweaty today but he was wrong - partly because it was an incredibly bright and sunny day after heavy downpours earlier in the morning and partly because we all ran round like mad things!!! This was to be the last game of 2019 - next week John and I will go down to remove the lines and clean the court so that Marios can hold his dance group Christmas party.
I have tried to video us playing before and normally get all set up and capture a two shot rally or a duffed serve into the net but today I did a little better. Videos just do not give any sense of the speed at which we play nor how hard the ball is hit and the spin that people put on the ball. If anyone is interested in taking the game up they really should go along and give it a try. We may need to look for a new player next year for Thursdays and we have struggled to find someone with the requisite skills and the commitment to play which is such a shame.
So pickleball done and dusted for this year we shot off home for a quick shower and to get ready for Nicky and Mark who were spending this weekend with us - two nights instead of their normal one. We had the house trimmed, the Christmas lights on, the woodburner lit and dinner under control. Tonight they will be enjoying (hopefully) pulled pork with crispy skinned jacket potatoes, coleslaw and corn on the cob. This was followed by baked bananas with cream and ice-cream. This was to be our early Christmas Eve and tomorrow is to be our Christmas Day. We fed and watered the children and got them to bed early enough for John to endure another game watching the Mighty Blades. To be fair Mark and I sat through the first half with the score at 1-1 and then retired with John chuntering away something about the Blades being 'bloody useless' - they lost and were apparently woeful in the second half.
This was a lovely start to our weekend, warm and cosy, good food, good friends, good drinkies!!
We had to shoot down to Polis first thing and decided that we should give Lakis car a little run to ensure it was all OK after having a new battery recently. So we set off quite happily but soon had a strange noise coming from the back driver's side quarter. Initially we thought it might be a brake pad that was stuck on which happens when a car is left sitting and undriven for a while but then the noise got a little worse and as we pulled in to the side of the road I said "you don't think it's got a puncture do you?" and John opened the door looked behind him and found that he did indeed have a puncture which was a bugger. I had arranged to meet someone at Paps at 11.00 and at this point we had no idea whether John would be able to change the tyre so I rang my lovely friend Diana to come and rescue me and even though John was able to change the tyre relatively quickly the replacement looked well dodgy - so dodgy that I said to John I wasn't overly happy to get back in the car so he shot off and I stood admiring the beautiful view as Di was already en route. Thanks Di, I was so grateful to you for getting me home safely. Cars swapped we did what we had to do in Polis and in time and then we trundled off to Paphos for a game of pickleball.
We had just five of us today but we had a right old laugh and some very good games. I distinctly remember John saying we would get too hot and sweaty today but he was wrong - partly because it was an incredibly bright and sunny day after heavy downpours earlier in the morning and partly because we all ran round like mad things!!! This was to be the last game of 2019 - next week John and I will go down to remove the lines and clean the court so that Marios can hold his dance group Christmas party.
I have tried to video us playing before and normally get all set up and capture a two shot rally or a duffed serve into the net but today I did a little better. Videos just do not give any sense of the speed at which we play nor how hard the ball is hit and the spin that people put on the ball. If anyone is interested in taking the game up they really should go along and give it a try. We may need to look for a new player next year for Thursdays and we have struggled to find someone with the requisite skills and the commitment to play which is such a shame.
So pickleball done and dusted for this year we shot off home for a quick shower and to get ready for Nicky and Mark who were spending this weekend with us - two nights instead of their normal one. We had the house trimmed, the Christmas lights on, the woodburner lit and dinner under control. Tonight they will be enjoying (hopefully) pulled pork with crispy skinned jacket potatoes, coleslaw and corn on the cob. This was followed by baked bananas with cream and ice-cream. This was to be our early Christmas Eve and tomorrow is to be our Christmas Day. We fed and watered the children and got them to bed early enough for John to endure another game watching the Mighty Blades. To be fair Mark and I sat through the first half with the score at 1-1 and then retired with John chuntering away something about the Blades being 'bloody useless' - they lost and were apparently woeful in the second half.
This was a lovely start to our weekend, warm and cosy, good food, good friends, good drinkies!!
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