The weather has continued to be very changeable, but pretty dismal (some say the worst winter for 44 years).Tourists willing to spend are in very short supply, and shortly after Kings Day there was a spate of bar and restaurant closures.
.. but those nice people Jules & Claire in the Blue Rock announced their January Sale, with 50 centimos off of both a big beer and a glass of wine. They said it was their gesture to help the many Brit residents suffering from the exchange rate. It worked for us! The weather has driven us in there more than once.
On 31st January we asked if the offer would stop at midnight and J said no! It ran a little longer and was then replaced with the February sales - largely the same. They are one of the few bars with customers!
As the Ryanair withdrawal has taken effect Corralejo has started to look like a ghost town. (When we suggested the Specials song of the same name be played on the radio it was not seen as very funny!) A major conversational topic is just how few people were seen eating in some of the very popular restaurants! Some have fought back with stunning half-price or all-in deals, and we have thus been to some places we don't normally frequent. The trouble is that those doing this then can't cope with the numbers and the service is grim! Still- mustn't grumble!