We returned to Corralejo by bus on the morning of Saturday 11th. The kids had been warned that they needed to clean up before they left. It seemed unlikely when we got there - they had not come home until 5.30 am., but we left them to it for an hour or so and they worked a minor miracle, so we took them out for lunch, and then put them on a bus to the airport.
This gave us just over a week to deal with all the stuff that needs doing before a winter away. But first - that evening we joined a vast crowd at Rosie's to celebrate the 70th birthday of our friend Dave - the youngest 70 ever seen!
Good company, good food and some appropriate music - including some numbers from Ruth's pop trivia rival Paddy O'Presley!
Overall that week the temperature was up and the rainfall down, but still some chilly evenings and high winds. We got the jobs done, worked our way down the freezer contents, and had some sumbathing time. An ongoing battle with Telefonica about disconnecting the internet reached an impasse with the weekend. On our final day we planned for a brief trip round some watering-holes follwed by an early roast at Rosie's, but with the bright sun and some chums in each place we ended up with un-printed T-shirts. Next day - Monday 20th April - we began the migratory trail with a Spanair flight to Barcelona.