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Today I woke after a second nights' restless sleep which involved dreams about carrying a large black Cyprus pig onto a ferry for some obscure reason. It was nice to see that the skies were blue and the sun was shining and today John and I had the day together as Sheila had to go to Paphos hospital and so art was cancelled.
I had seen a garden bench advertised on the internet and John and I were going to have a look at it because I thought if it was any good he could give it to me for my birthday. We thought it might look nice in the garden which is outside our bedroom window which really needs to be sorted and is going to be my next project - it has been allowed to get a bit wild and I am really bad at pulling up plants which have self-seeded so where we had lovely clean shingle it is a hotchpotch of Californian poppies and Love in the Mist which is fine when they are in flower but not so fine when they are growing and definitely not fine when they have gone over. I have still to paint my village chairs but every time I think they have dried out it rains again. Out trip to see the bench involved going into deepest darkest Kamares where we got lost thanks to the woman's instructions where she told us right and she meant left. Her husband found us and we want to investigate the bench but her description of it needing a 'little TLC' was hugely optimistic so we politely declined.
Once back home we brought in the now dry washing before going off to Polis to do a food shop. Whilst picking in the tea towels which hang on the lines outside the kitchen I noticed some tiny little daffodils poking through in the pot that holds the 'pink' plant. They are so sweet and cheerful and it is a physical reminder that we are in Spring even though some days it does not feel like it. Today was not one of those days - it was beautiful.
I made a deal with John that if he would go for a ride out to Limni Pier with me and stop so we could take some photographs I would be happy to stop at the Turtle Tavern so he could have a pint of Real Ale and maybe if the timings were right we could have a treat of Ham Egg and Chips for lunch seeing as I wasn't going to be fed by Klaus today.
I didn't have to ask him twice, we were packed up and setting off down the hill before you could say "a pint of Bombadier please"! and it turned out to be a very good idea as it was a lovely ride and we stopped and parked up and walked to the end of the pier and John said it was on days like this that he would have come and sat with a fishing rod just passing away an hour or so but he sold his fishing gear because he never used to go and it took up so much room. There was a lady fishing - she didn't catch anything whilst we were there although John couldn't work out what she was trying to catch as she was so close to the beach.
There are big plans for the Limni area - golf courses and luxury residences and a hotel - it has been on the cards for ages but residue from the old mines has caused delays - well who wants to live where there is evidence of cyanide? Anyway the last I heard it had all been passed which may be seen as progress but I hope it doesn't spoil the area because it has a wild and rugged charm which I love. It is also an area where the turtles come to lay their eggs and further along towards Argaka where they have installed footpaths alongside the main road the turtles have been confused by the extra lighting. Time will tell I suppose but fingers crossed changes will be handled sympathetically.
We made our way to the Turtle Tavern. It used to be located further along the road and was on both sides of the road with a nice beach bar where we stopped one year with John's Mum and Hadge for breakfast on one of our Yiannis' Tours. Apparently the Tavern was forced to move when their then Landlord saw their success and wanted the venue back. I think it may have reopened very briefly but then closed and remains closed and the Turtle Tavern moved to an old betting shop in Argaka which is not a very inspiring building but does have a selection of real ales which John likes to partake of periodically and it does do a very good ham egg and chips at a reasonable price - apart from that it isn't really our sort of place being an ex-pat hang out but recently we saw that they had opened a beach bar and we were keen to see where it was. It is at the back of the existing tavern and whilst not quite fully open it offers quite a pleasant area to sit and have a drink although it is going to need some shade in the summer.
We found ourselves a seat outside the original building and John got himself a pint of Bombadier albeit in a Wadworth 6X glass and we each had ham, egg and chips to set us up for our trip to Paps (not that we needed it).
John was more than happy as this was a real treat for him and not what he normally does on a Monday.
We returned home with the shopping and unpacked and then went down to the cemetery to cut back the Chrysanthemum which had died back and is now beginning to shoot again and to return the car starter we had borrowed from Klaus - although still sunny it was beginning to feel chilly and the temperature plummeted after sun down although it looks like it may have rained during the night.
Today I woke after a second nights' restless sleep which involved dreams about carrying a large black Cyprus pig onto a ferry for some obscure reason. It was nice to see that the skies were blue and the sun was shining and today John and I had the day together as Sheila had to go to Paphos hospital and so art was cancelled.
I had seen a garden bench advertised on the internet and John and I were going to have a look at it because I thought if it was any good he could give it to me for my birthday. We thought it might look nice in the garden which is outside our bedroom window which really needs to be sorted and is going to be my next project - it has been allowed to get a bit wild and I am really bad at pulling up plants which have self-seeded so where we had lovely clean shingle it is a hotchpotch of Californian poppies and Love in the Mist which is fine when they are in flower but not so fine when they are growing and definitely not fine when they have gone over. I have still to paint my village chairs but every time I think they have dried out it rains again. Out trip to see the bench involved going into deepest darkest Kamares where we got lost thanks to the woman's instructions where she told us right and she meant left. Her husband found us and we want to investigate the bench but her description of it needing a 'little TLC' was hugely optimistic so we politely declined.
Once back home we brought in the now dry washing before going off to Polis to do a food shop. Whilst picking in the tea towels which hang on the lines outside the kitchen I noticed some tiny little daffodils poking through in the pot that holds the 'pink' plant. They are so sweet and cheerful and it is a physical reminder that we are in Spring even though some days it does not feel like it. Today was not one of those days - it was beautiful.
I made a deal with John that if he would go for a ride out to Limni Pier with me and stop so we could take some photographs I would be happy to stop at the Turtle Tavern so he could have a pint of Real Ale and maybe if the timings were right we could have a treat of Ham Egg and Chips for lunch seeing as I wasn't going to be fed by Klaus today.
I didn't have to ask him twice, we were packed up and setting off down the hill before you could say "a pint of Bombadier please"! and it turned out to be a very good idea as it was a lovely ride and we stopped and parked up and walked to the end of the pier and John said it was on days like this that he would have come and sat with a fishing rod just passing away an hour or so but he sold his fishing gear because he never used to go and it took up so much room. There was a lady fishing - she didn't catch anything whilst we were there although John couldn't work out what she was trying to catch as she was so close to the beach.
There are big plans for the Limni area - golf courses and luxury residences and a hotel - it has been on the cards for ages but residue from the old mines has caused delays - well who wants to live where there is evidence of cyanide? Anyway the last I heard it had all been passed which may be seen as progress but I hope it doesn't spoil the area because it has a wild and rugged charm which I love. It is also an area where the turtles come to lay their eggs and further along towards Argaka where they have installed footpaths alongside the main road the turtles have been confused by the extra lighting. Time will tell I suppose but fingers crossed changes will be handled sympathetically.
We made our way to the Turtle Tavern. It used to be located further along the road and was on both sides of the road with a nice beach bar where we stopped one year with John's Mum and Hadge for breakfast on one of our Yiannis' Tours. Apparently the Tavern was forced to move when their then Landlord saw their success and wanted the venue back. I think it may have reopened very briefly but then closed and remains closed and the Turtle Tavern moved to an old betting shop in Argaka which is not a very inspiring building but does have a selection of real ales which John likes to partake of periodically and it does do a very good ham egg and chips at a reasonable price - apart from that it isn't really our sort of place being an ex-pat hang out but recently we saw that they had opened a beach bar and we were keen to see where it was. It is at the back of the existing tavern and whilst not quite fully open it offers quite a pleasant area to sit and have a drink although it is going to need some shade in the summer.
We found ourselves a seat outside the original building and John got himself a pint of Bombadier albeit in a Wadworth 6X glass and we each had ham, egg and chips to set us up for our trip to Paps (not that we needed it).
John was more than happy as this was a real treat for him and not what he normally does on a Monday.
We returned home with the shopping and unpacked and then went down to the cemetery to cut back the Chrysanthemum which had died back and is now beginning to shoot again and to return the car starter we had borrowed from Klaus - although still sunny it was beginning to feel chilly and the temperature plummeted after sun down although it looks like it may have rained during the night.
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