Saturday, 26 January 2019

A trip to Universal


Today we were going down to Universal to make sure that little baby, his Mitsubishi Pinin, was hale and hearty and would start if nothing else.  Today was a good day to do that as the forecast was for a fine day and we were going down to play pickleball for the first time this year.  We called in via the Paphos Superhome Centre (our equivalent of B&Q) to see whether the lights we had seen before Christmas, and had hoped to buy for the kitchen with the money John's Mum had given us, were back in stock.  The girl who serves in the lighting section can be a little on the unhelpful side but today my opening gambit was to ask in my finest Cypriot whether she had two lights the same and point to the one we wanted.  Woo-Hoo this approach worked as she softened visibly and told me that she thought she did and was true to her word and came back with the two lights we had hoped we might be able to buy but had been stymied previously.  We were really pleased that we had been successful because our plan it to re-utilise the lights currently in the kitchen by relocating them in the conservatory where we desperately need some better lighting.


Little Pinin Naran looked to be ok and started first time albeit a little sluggishly and so John decided to take her for a spin and check the tyre pressure which you can do here without charge - in fact I don't think any of the garages charge for air.  With the tyre pressure at a more acceptable level and the car starting no problem we returned Pinin back to her little parking space but parked her the other way round this time so that anyone with an eye on her would know that she had been moved and so someone was looking after her.


It was so good to get back into the swing of Pickleball - we were a full six today.  Liselotte and John go off on their travels tomorrow experiencing some welcome sunshine courtesy of a beach break in Goa for 12 days and they have only just got back from Denmark and the UK where they spent the festive season with their respective families and friends.


We came home via Banana Bay and watched the sun slipping down through the clouds towards the horizon.  My hastily taken shot through the car window doesn't actually capture the fabulous colours of the sun peaking through the clouds and forming an orange layer on the horizon.  The sea was rough and there was no-one braving the waves but the view was stunning none the less.


Well I say no-one was braving the water but the further along we drove, we came across a group of surfers who were trying to shoot the waves - I didn't have the right camera or the time to get a decent shot of the surfer-dudes but one was just about successful at standing up as we drove by.


We made our way back home up the hill through Peyia watching the last of the sunset.  The forecast for tomorrow is fine and dry so we are thinking about getting the bikes out and going for a little cycle ride whilst it is dry.  I need to get myself organised for Sunday lunch - the weather forecast is awful so we have suggested to Mum that we will bring lunch to her rather than have her drive up here.  This means transporting something that will make the journey in one piece!

All the cats were waiting for us ready for their supper.  John got the fire lit and we settled down to our evening meal which I had put in the slow cooker and set the timer but failed to check whether the socket was actually on so had to quickly heat it up in the microwave - still nothing spoiled!

It is my New Year aspiration not to waste any food at all this so we are in for some eclectic menus!!

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