14 February 2017
It was all quiet in the van when I woke up at about 7:45. They were soon awake though wanting their porridge.
Theodore helped Val with the washing and Louis helped me with the washing up before the Boules Championships where Grandpa took a beating. Down to the kids club where the boys played table tennis, went into soft play and did some colouring all before the barbecue back at the van.
Boules next before swimming at 4:30 and then play park, kids club and boules again all before dinner. Theodore seems to love the game.
We did the reading and maths that we forgot this morning and then two episodes of Pokemon. It's all go.
We had a nightcap in the tent before Val got back in the van with the boys. There is some cloud cover tonight so it should be a warmer night than last night. Night night happy campers.
After lunch Theodore did the drying whilst I did the washing up and a very good job we did too. Then it was off to swimming with Mr T much more confident today, he was up and down the pool by himself. Guess what came next. The play park until kids club opened. There seems to be a pattern forming.
This afternoon it was swimming, play park and kids club. Then one episode of Pokemon followed by homework, dinner and the Sam e episode of Pokemon again. We have run out of French videos so we might have to start at episode one again.
Once the boys had chatted to Solene It was time for bed for them and a nightcap in the tent for Val and I. The week seems to be flying by. We've been trying to get down to Catral to do some shopping but there doesn't seem to be enough hours in the day, especially with the siesta. Fingers crossed for tomorrow.
16 February 2017
The boys slept almost 12 hours and then had a leisurely breakfast before having a word with papa on the phone. Then we finally drove down to Catral to do some shopping. We ended up in a toy shop where the boys took an hour to part with their €5 and even then they came out with change. Louis bought a game where you search for diamonds for €1. He asked the lady shopkeeper if the diamonds were real. He was disappointed when she said no. We certainly passed a good hour looking at all the toys. Talk about savvy shoppers.
We gave Theodore the choice of searching for another shop that might sell football cards but he didn't want to miss kids club so it was back to the site pronto.
After kids club it was barbecue number three. Jacket potatoes, cheese, tuna fish, salad and Chicken Andalusia. Yum yum. Dick and Jackie appeared with their dog Penny and we took her for a walk. Louis was a bit hesitant at first but he was throwing her ball and giving her drinks of water in no time. Another walk tomorrow is on the cards.
Next came swimming and Theodore had gradually gained in confidence with each session. He took his arm bands off today for the last fifteen minutes without any encouragement from me. Play park until kids club opened and then I played table tennis with Louis who seemed to be able to watch TV with one eye whilst still playing with the other.
The rest of the day is a blur. At some stage it was homework, dinner, Pokemon videos, chatting to maman, brushing teeth, story time and getting them in bed.
We had a welcome nightcap in the tent at about 9:00 pm and by that time we were both brain dead. Where has the day gone? There was time to catch up with the United score 1-0 up at half time but I don't think we'll see full time. Theodore will delight in telling us the score in the morning once he has checked it out online. Night night sleepy campers.
17 February 2017
We've gone boules mad on the Costa Brava. We were out there first thing this morning. Grandpa, throwing the blue boules and the reigning world champion took one hell of a beating.
We were down to the kids club for opening time. This time grandpa took another beating at table tennis. Theodore can now count to twenty in Spanish with grandpa lagging behind only being able to count to four.
We retired to the van for Spaghetti Bolognese, yogurt and toasted marshmallows. The perfect diet just before an hours swimming.
After the pool it was back to the boules on the top pitches for the last game of the holiday and then everyone's favourite dog Penny and her owner Dick called for the boys so that we could all go for a walk.
Homework, reading, maths on the iPad, Pokemon videos and a story about someone called Bertie were all done before bedtime. Nana and grandpa then enjoyed a nightcap in the tent before hitting the hay. Four happy campers.
18 February 2017
We woke up seconds before the alarm went off. Our early morning airport call. After a quick breakfast and no tidying up it was into the car for the half an hour drive to the airport and after kisses, hugs and waves they boys and Val were gone.
I got back to the van to a text from Val to say they were on the plane and ready to go. So for five days I've been promoted to being boss again. The first job was some serious cleaning inside the van, shortly followed by the tent. The hire car had been used for the last time to pick up some beer and after a quick sweep out I took it back to reception and went into the bar to catch up with the blog. Why else would one go to the bar.
The afternoon went by quickly and at 7:00 pm it was time for the variety show. It was a charity event with lots of amateur acts with a couple of ex professionals and it was a highly enjoyable and entertaining evening. I had a bit of a stagger on walking back to the van and was asleep as soon as my head hit the pillow.
19 February 2017
It was a day with a hangover. The morning was taken up with Sunday's political TV programs and then it was time to do two days washing up and a bit more cleaning in the van.
With Val in London with the Gregg and Solene I indulged in a relaxing afternoon and evening watching Netflix and doing very little else. I had a visit from Dick who came to collect load of oranges as we had a massive bag full. I kept up with the United' match against Blackburn Rovers on the Internet.
The evening followed the same pattern and I entertained myself with the TV and got my head down early.
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