The rain in Spain… and beach life!

“The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain” (as the musical My Fair Lady goes) and there's a lot of it in Punta Umbría at the moment! It’s predicted to last for a few of days.

We're experiencing the cold and wet weather that has been making its way across Europe – it was inevitable that it would catch up with us!  Well when I say cold, it is still between 12° to 14° and forecast to be back up to 19°/ 20° early next week, so it's not all doom and gloom!  It’s hard to believe that a couple of days ago we were walking along the beach and paddling in the Atlantic Ocean.

And making silly patterns in the sun.  We may be retired but we haven’t grown up quite yet!

Most days we have a brisk walk along the beach to Playa La Bota and to a little beach café to people watch and have a coffee, beer or wine, depending on the time of day or how the mood takes us!

The view one way looks towards Ayamonte and across to Portugal. Most days you find fisherman down here looking for a catch.

There are always a couple of motorhomes parked up as well, usually French, German and Spanish, and even spotted a Brit the other day so had a quick chat with him.  He was out on his own just touring for a couple of months.  You're not supposed to camp over night here but the police don't bother during the winter months and there is access to fresh water.  By the look of this French one, they had stopped a while to wash 'their smalls' and grow a few herbs.  Anybody's guess what they are!

Walking back the other way takes us down to the sea wall – where lots of stray cats congregate. They all look healthy enough and there is evidence that people come down and feed them.

The waves are often quite wild down by the sea wall.  Mel just manged to avoid a soaking!

Then its round to the port. It's about an 8 mile round trip, and keeps us fit!  I'm not saying we do that much everyday though!

Not a lot to do when it rains here, so we spent this morning in the spa at the local hotel  - The Barceló.  Enjoying the pool, sauna and jacuzzi.

The roads and streets are like a ghost town when it rains here, all the Spanish stay inside. Not like the daft English, out in all weather!

Sally x