Hey Carol, thats a good ploy, I often have red wine & chocolate for medicinal purposes but never thought about ice cream. Another good thing for the heat is a G&T Bryony

Red wine /choc and G&T's no good for my grandchild, the rides/ play area I will take a look at when I get back. Ice cream already a sure bet. Thanks again for all the suggestions.

Perhaps not G+T - the tonic is a bit too fizzy! but a shot of whisky in the milk is great for getting them to sleep!


(Just kidding - but in Bavaria they dip the teat in schnapps! And gripe water used to have a bit of alcohol in it - I dont know if its there now - not politically correct anymore. I used to send it to my American Mum-friends who thought it was fantastic! )

Tinto de verano made with tónica or casera is a treat too.

Did you know that there are 4 recent additions to the Zoo family?
3 fawns and a zebra foal.

We saw all the babies - they are gorgeous and got plenty of pics of them - especially the zebra xxxxx

Last week Lidl had stair gates in. Hope they have some left for you!

Having never shopped there where is there one in relation to Ayamonte ? I have a fews days ( eek) on my return to get all things gathered and sorted :-)

The nearest Lidl is in Villa Real de Santo Antonio. Bryony

No the nearest is just across the bridge at the outskirt of VRStO. There is also one just as you go into Isla Cristina. We find that the Portuguese and Spanish Lidl have the offers slightly out of sync.

There is also an Aldi on the N431 just as you go into Cartaya if you want to try the competition. Also a Lidl opposite Carrefour hypermarket.

Sorry, is it me but I thought that was what I said. Bryony

Which might be useful if you've missed an offer in one place.:-)

How did the visit from granddaughter go? Did you find lots of places to go. I hope she had fun. We have brought our granddaughter over 4 times now (she will be 2 on Sunday) and she is usually happy just playing in the garden although we take her to the zoo each time and it is amazing how her reaction changes each time.

Kath

Ps have you got the blinds fixed?

Hi and thanks for asking. The blind nope, not found anybody yet, will have to bite the bullet so to speak and try my dire spanish to contact the number on the outside of the blinds. A neighbour has also been looking but no luck so far.

She was over on ferry twice and loved it, fed the fish in the harbour, saw biggggg jelly fish she told me and had toast ! She was in the zoo about 4 times, in Chiplandia all Sunday morning, granny Spain's paddling pool twice and lots of walks but could play in the park she said as it was all dog poo Visited the Saturdy market and got noew sandals and some sweets for later. They/we walked to town nearly every day and she played in the square, was ot happy she could find the trainers she wanted none in her size so said she would have to wait hahahah she is so funny.
She enjoyed staying up late to listen to Saxy Bongo, did a lot of dancing.
Another neighbour gave me some things for her to play with so she had a hoover a pushchair and some big blocks which all got played with and lots of stickers to stick in her book and helped granny make some cards with things from my craft cupboards.

Yes, you're right, the swimming pool went down well too. We decided to leave our pushchair here to save bringing it with us every time ( she and her dad live with us so come over often) so you could borrow that another time if necessary.
Kath