We awoke late today - to clouds in the sky. Not enough to set the alarm bells ringing for a change in the weather but more than we usually see. They stayed all day. White and fluffy. At home in UK we would console ourselves that these were fine weather clouds and I guess that was today. A fine weather day where the temperature reached about 82F and a sea breeze blew all day, getting stronger as the evening wore on. So much so one of the branches of our centre alecastrum palm feature split away from the main trunk. As a consequence it had to be cut off. I include this garden picture so you know what is an alecastrum palm! Its the fan type in the middle.
It was exercise before breakfast with a 80 minute bike ride during which we covered about 10-11 miles. Inland first. Along the coast road that goes towards the fishing village of Zygi. It is a new road with a large cycle path along most of it. In a car this is one of our most favourite drives as the road runs parallel with the sea, although probably 200 yards inland for its first few miles but this diminishes to 20 yards as you approach Zygi itself. Not a place for us to cycle to as Zygi is about a 45 minute drive from Pervolia but certainly a place to take visitors. The road has few houses to break the views and is mainly fields on both sides. Some are already planted with potatoes which are growing quickly whilst many have the huge ‘Swiss Roll’ bales of straw. We are not very good yet at recognising the crops that are growing. Need to do some research via Google.
After riding for about 50 minutes we cut across the fields to the coast track. This runs only 5-10 yards from the water. It really is a lovely place to cycle even though the bumps and ruts still hurt your backside. We stopped after a while to paddle our feet on a stretch of grey sand. The tide was out. As we walked the beach we could see around the bay a large group of people which looked like a ‘family outing’ from a distance but as we cycled passed, much to our surprise it was a large group playing the french boules on the beach. They all looked very organised and although some were local cypriots there were certainly some ‘Brits’ within the group. Something to find out about. At the moment we are very content just relaxing and doing what we are doing and have no great need to meet other people (especially if they want to play bingo) ......... but in time that will be nice.
On our return Lillian as ever found some chores to do whilst I did some work! Yes work! I still spend about 1-2 hours a day on the internet sorting some ‘admin stuff’ for WCL. I am not really looking forward to what I am sure will be my last trip to the USA in November. I have been given some big tasks to complete and therefore over the next couple of weeks I will need to spend time doing some preparation. Much to my surprise earlier this week I spent 50 minutes on Skype talking with an education company that has 6 schools in the UK. They have approached me about being their ‘Director of Schools’. Enjoyed the conversation but they will have to pay ‘big bucks’ to tempt me away from our life here. Thank you but no thanks I feel at the moment.
Spent some time practicing with our new bowls (Thank you Mum) in the thought that we might go in the evening. Our artificial grass is no where like the surface that we will bowl on but it showed that practice is what I will need. How to make the bowl roll rather than wobble? So off to bowls we went only to find no-one there. The club have obviously changed their evening bowls back to the morning now the temperatures are not so hot! Next time is Saturday morning, but that clashes with the rugby England v France. Oh the decisions we need to make when every day roles into one.
So having no bowls we stopped at the Cottage Pub for a drink. Talked with the publican and Fulham supporter Ken during which time we compared medical histories. He has a pancreatic problem and met a guy who is associated with the Cottage Golf Society. There next day out is to the Secret Vally Golf Club between Limassol and Paphos on 15th October. We have signed up to go which is why we bought our golf clubs back with us. Something to look forward to next week and a chance to meet new people.
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