Essential for a big trip like this - 20 people, 6 cars, multiple days and times of arrival, staying at 4 main centres plus start and end in Malaga - to be on the ground ahead of the rest. Jan and I headed down to Bristol Airport Monday evening and managed about 5 hours kip before getting up to check-in for 4am.
A pleasant flight, none of the joggling we'd had on the March ones, in one of Easyjet's lovely new A320s which, with slimmer seat backs etc seem to be roomier. Unfortunately going for the most reasonably priced hire car means the longest queue at the desk and this was no exception: it took us an hour and three-quarters to get out of the airport, but we do have a very smart, mint green car.
Coffee called and, by the time we got to Carrefour at Los Patios, our tums were rumbling too. For €4 we had a coffee each and a ham and cheese baguette before mooching round the shop for a few picnic bits to last us over the next few day's lunches.
Then onto the main business, which was getting hard hats for six (actually 5, but better safe than sorry!) of the group. Aki at Los Patios is now something different, so we went back to Leroy Merlin and got 2 red, 2 white and 2 blue (patriotic or what?), then spent quarter of an hour struggling to fit the inserts into them!
Then onto the main business, which was getting hard hats for six (actually 5, but better safe than sorry!) of the group. Aki at Los Patios is now something different, so we went back to Leroy Merlin and got 2 red, 2 white and 2 blue (patriotic or what?), then spent quarter of an hour struggling to fit the inserts into them!
Gone 1pm, so seemed decent to head for the hotel and siesta, get sorted out and make a cup of tea. Quick inspection of room showed that, intriguingly, the showerhead is at the open end of the walk-in shower rather than behind the screen! The soap container is down the screened end though...
Later... duh... there's an overhead shower the other end!
The airport pick ups went OK, and whilst some came back to the Malaga Nostrum with us, others had made different arrangements - just hope they all turn up in the morning LOL.
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