The sun comes up over
the mountain at around 7.45 am – then Jamie decides it's time to
get up. Although one of us gets out to give him a run its usually a
lazy start unless we've got something planned – it's nice just to
sit out having a first cuppa as the sun climbs and heats up the day.
There had been a sort
of idea that we'd go out to lunch with two other couples to a
restaurant that was a bit different, but our first priority was to
get the water tanks refilled. In the event, and probably because he
wasn't here yesterday, it took ages for him to get around to us so we
postponed the meal to the evening. In any case it was really now too
hot to walk to the town then have a hot meal.
Several folk have been
putting up screens off the front of their awnings to provide more
shade as the sun is not yet high enough for them to be effective.
We've got some wind-blocker screens so thought we'd try them and
although they're designed primarily for wind they also make an
effective sun-screen so we can sit out with less risk of
sunburn. They also channel the breeze through the awning so things
are extremely comfortable......
Come early evening,
after packing away, we joined Derek & June and Tim & Ali to
walk down to the town to this new eating place. A small butchers shop
has tied up with a cook/chef so that you buy whatever meat that you
fancy and he prepares it for cooking. You then take it “out back”
to what can best be described as a “rustic” dining area and give
your purchases to the chef who will then cook your meal the way you
want it, adding whatever extra it needs/he's got in his “kitchen”. No frills and very clean, the results were very good with plenty of water
and bread to go with it. And of course very, very cheap!
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| Rustic Restaurant |
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| Kefta (meat balls) tagine, set in egg with vegetables plus haricot beans |
Then across the road to
one of the hotels for coffee before a gentle stroll “home” in the
cool of the evening.
Good job we brought a
torch because it was pitch black on the site. But the stars again
provided a show the likes of which you don't see in Europe.
We're now fully relaxed
and beginning to enjoy what we came for.
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