Barbeque Time!

Saturday 14 April

We have been waking much earlier than when we were away, as if our bodies know the “holiday” is coming to an end. The weather has been so warm that Dave decided today was the perfect time for a barbeque. Consequently we all trooped down to the town – Dawn was still looking for new shoes, and ended up buying another new outfit and two pairs of shoes (good on you!), as well as a visit to Sainsburys for Juz, Dave and Colin – he was only allowed to push the trolley – and the covered market for the rest of us, to purchase yummy supplies for tonight’s cook-in.

Dave and Juz continued their internet quest for marble floor tiles, now spreading their search to Italy direct, as nothing suitable could be found from suppliers in this country. I, meanwhile, was still looking a holidays and preparatory travels for America. It would appear that in order to see the marble samples, a trip to Italy might be needed, so maybe I will be off again sooner than expected to accompany Juz in her search for the “right” floor. The sun shone all day – temperatures were up in the 20’s C which - was more like the weather we had expected in Barcelona – it was still warm when Dave started cooking about 19.00. We played yet more games, with lots of loud enthusiastic encouragement for the rest of the afternoon.

We enjoyed a delicious selection of barbequed meats, fish and veggies as well as salads – Dave has perfected cooking in the garden - and we hadn’t been to a “proper” barbeque for ages – in South America they only cooked huge hanks of beef coated thickly in salt in a pizza style oven, so it was probably in Australia where we had our last “proper” barbeque – and that not so exquisitely cooked as here at Chez Williams. As always Juz had bought sufficient food for the five thousand, so we were all full to bursting, with lots left over, when the meal was over.

Darren and Natasha went off to the pub around 22.00 leaving the rest of us feeling exhausted and ready for bed. Colin and I still had to sort out our suitcases, as Darren, taking us home tomorrow, would only have room for one case – the pink “portmanteau”. We will have to return to collect the “blue trunk” some time soon – another excuse for a weekend away.

We have had a great time here with Juz, Dave, Natasha, Dawn and Darren helping to prepare us for our return to the south tomorrow. We are looking forward to meeting Hayley – Nick’s girlfriend since just after we left home - and, of course, young Timothy, who is now over six weeks old – it seems hardly any time since we were at the Copacabana Palace amxiously awaiting news of his birth. But it will still be with some trepidation that we approach London to return to a life of reality – for a while at least.