A Road Less Traveled

Nicky and I walked today - taking the road less traveled on several occasions which is great because it affords us views of the area which are unfamiliar to us.  We took a side road away from the 'tip' and got a much prettier view across to the sea.  Sadly the atmosphere is still quite thick with unhealthy dust so we had chosen to walk early to try and avoid the worst of it.

We walked away from Droushia and down into Kato Arodes and then to Inea and back to Droushia.  It was a longer route than previously but fairly level which was just as well because Nicky had a blow out on her boot insole so it was just as well we could get home reasonably quickly because it was beginning to cause her some discomfort.

 I spent some time in the garden - the living gazebo got some treatment because I decided to tackle the 'trunks' and stripped them back of any greenery exposing the tangle of branches which I think look attractive.  The right hand one is better established than the left but that is the original plant and the left hand side is a runner.  This opens up the area and makes it look cleaner and tidier.

Di popped in this morning with some post for me.  It was the picture which one of the members of the Lockdown Challenge had entered for the last Kittens and/or Puppies challenge.  His name is Mick Scott, I don't know him but he normally is the first to enter and always enters three paintings save for the time when he lost his partner and we didn't hear from him but he is back.  I am so glad that the art group has provided him with a distraction and I loved this picture, enough to offer to buy it from him but he sent it to me and in return I paid for some watercolour paper for him.

I haven't seen Di for ages so we had a bit of a catch up and Rob was in the car so went out to see him too.  He was feeling the cold and in jeans and a jumper!!  

Rob asked after John but John had gone down to Emba with Mark and taken his damp meter to check the walls in the house down there and hadn't at this point returned.  I know that they are meeting up for a coffee on Thursday when I go down to see Mum who has today organised to have her cataract operated on next Tuesday which means that our routines will have to change and we will be needed to go back and forth to support her.

This evening John had invited Mark, Malcolm and George to go round and watch the late football game which was Sheffield United versus QPR.  Back in his youth Mark had played football for QPR and Malc is a QPR supporter.  Malc and George are waiting for their TV box to come from Kirky in Spain but it only got posted on Monday so they are currently only able to watch the local Cypriot channels.  John was the happiest at the end of the evening as the Mighties secured a win!

The girls took a walk down to the Hotel for a chat and a few drinkies.  It was very quiet in there - only two other people eating and drinking in the bar and two couples arrived later seemingly staying there as they were busy taking photographs of their surroundings.  It was a nice comfortable temperature in there and we shared a couple of bottles of wine before making our way back home.