Monday was the final full day of our friend’s visit, so Rog helped out with some IT and travel support, including completing a UK passenger locator form and an Isle of Man entry permit. Also booking a few flights and trains – it’s all part of the service 😀.
Tuesday afternoon we did the airport run, it is not far from the villa, so pretty easy. The airport is really quiet and the parking is right outside the terminal and is really cheap, we strolled to the terminal to see our friend off, walked back to the car and the car parking cost 10cents (€), yes, no typo, 10 cents, that’s about 8p (GBP) – take note UK airports!!
Wednesday, we had a storm, thunder and rain, obviously nothing compared to the recent flurry of storms the UK has had, but we did have a little storm, not the weather we ordered 😒 . It brought down a layer of red dust with the rain, onto the sunbeds, luckily we had no washing out!
Thursday – we drove the mountain road to Ajuy (no, we haven’t worked out how to pronounce it either), on the west coast, walked to some interesting caves, marvelling at the geology., and the lack of health and safety on the cliff path! Then we had lunch in a local restaurant. We shared the fish platter, it was nice, but we are currently both over ordering the fish platter – it’s tasty but very fiddley.
Saturday, we managed to watch the England v Wales rugby. A good result, but England were lucky.
Sunday, was a cloudy day so we decided to drive through the mountains to the village of Betancuria, established in 1404, the old capital of the Canary Islands and Fuerteventura. It is very pretty, and appeared to be full of cafes and restaurants for the tourists. We then drove up “Morro de la Cruz” to a viewing point overlooking the central plane of Fuerteventura, where we watched a stream of tourists drive up, spend 30 seconds looking at the view, then drive off again.
Travurple 