Bye Bye Freddo...

I said goodbye to my temporary home and my temporary pet this morning but not before I had made sure that the house was spick and span for Mum's return as her cleaner is away for a while.  I made up her bed and put the hoover round and fed and fussed Freddo and left mid morning.  I had hoped to have heard that my second jab had been brought forward and would be tomorrow which would be the 8 week time gap but I had heard nothing so assumed it was to remain at the beginning of July.  Not that I am in any particular rush but I would just like to get it over with although several people have felt pretty unwell after their second dose.  

It had been quite nice having a little time to please myself - I was so used to my own company when John used to go away on his tours of duty.  It is a good job I liked my own company because nine months away in one go was quite difficult at first but then I just got on with it.  Mind you I did feel a bit like Billy No Mates going and ordering my takeaway for one!

Mum had left me the Lidl flyer and I was really pleased that I managed to get some of the Alcohol Free Gin that was on offer.  I know that this is a bit of an oxymoron but sometimes I don't know what I want to drink and I don't really want something alcoholic but neither do I want Coke or Fanta or Lemonade.  Anyway I decided I was going to give this a try instead.  I can report that it is ok, quite refreshing, has the botanicals flavour but not the punch of real gin but I guess that is to be expected.

When I returned home it was nice to see the Bobster was up having a coffee and a chat with John.  They are going to try and do this more often and John is setting up the MODS (Men of Droushia Society) but I refer to it a the DOGS (Droushia Old Gits Society) whereby a group of the menfolk might meet up for meaningful conversation one Thursday a month!!  I had hoped that maybe Di and I might venture down to try a cream tea at Peggy's next time they meet but she goes to keep fit on a Thursday.

This afternoon John was meeting up with Arodes John and they were going to watch the Test Match at the Gin Bar accompanied by a sandwich and a pint.  I was duty drives so I dropped them off and then, Billy No Mates that I am, I set off to Evretou Dam to see if there might be a nice walk around there for Nicky and I to tackle one week.    It was possibly not the best time to go as it was the hottest part of the day.  I parked up at the bandstand bit and took my Komoot and found a little path that I wanted to check out.

I had some reasonable shoes on for a bit of off-roading but the path I found couldn't be made into a circular walk so I went as far as I could and then turned round and walked back.  It was a bit overgrown in parts and so I ended up with some scratched legs but the views were amazing even though the water level is very low - we had very little rain over the winter and bugger all since so it isn't surprising really.  

I drove back home via Kritou Terra and the lovely Church that is on the outskirts.  This is dedicated to Saint Catherine - Agia Ekaterini.  It was a beautiful day but it is now very noticeable that we have had a prolonged period of hot dry weather as everything is very dry and very brown.

 

I have included this next picture because this is a very random thing that I saw in Kritou Terra on my way home!!!  I have no idea what it was doing there but was outside with a load of bits and pieces!

I didn't have too much time on my own before I was needed for taxi duties and went to Kathikas and picked up the men - stopping for a smoothie with them first.  I had a blow by blow account of the day's cricket which apparently had not been the gubbing that had been antipated although some New Zealand player scored a double century on his debut and their last man in scored way more than they had expected!

Finally we had news today that Lakis and Argy have booked to come over providing that travel is still allowed between the UK and Cyprus although at the moment no-one can be certain who is going to be allowed to go where.  They will keep us informed because we will organise the windows and the house to be cleaned but there will be no point doing it too soon just in case plans change.  I will tell them what the restrictions are in place when they come - if there are any so they don't fall foul of the law.  It will be lovely to see them but hope they do not find the island and village have changed too much due to the restrictions.  So many places are closed for good and prices seem to have gone up hugely.  People seem less willing to go out and mingle - we certainly don't go out anything like as much preferring to stay at home and enjoy our surroundings particularly as there don't seem to be any cheap options for anything anymore.