Gone to rust!

 So October comes to an end and Greyrocks marks three weeks back on "Fraggle Rock". It was an easy, uneventful and cheap transit from Barcelona, and Windows Dave met us and by the time we reached Corralejo he had responded to questions and told us most of the openings and closures of note.
We were soon back into the swing, but when we moved the bikes from the kitchen we found a level of rusting too gross to show to the Bicycle Repair Man. There was nothing we could do:- a brand new Spanish bike for Ruth, and a re-conditioned one for Bob (against which he was given an allowance)!
Greyrocks wallowed in renewed access to the Health Service, with Ruth seeing the sainted surgeon and discovering the need for a small operation. (More on this follows). Bob did his verucca thing with the (paid) podiatrist in Puerto del Rosario.

Last weekend Corralejo hosted the Blues Festival. Greyrocks had been very disappointed when the 2013 event did not happen in the Spring, but suddenly there were posters, and plans wewre made to make the most of it! It was more low-key than previous ones, with no "big names". On Friday we lurked behind the stage at one of the German bars, and on Saturday seven of us booked a table at La Plaza and were delighted most by something barely Blues at all:- The Big Band de Gran Canaria. There wasn´t so much "Street Blues", but we did encounter a scratch band at Africa,s. Nice!

The weather has been glorious, with just a couple of days with cloud and spots of rain.

On the gastronomic front we have been back to La Luna (twice), Slow Boat Wok (twice) La Tasca (change of personnel) and Caracoles and all are still up to scratch! Our only new venture is Boa Vida which has opened in the old Pancho Villa premises near Avenida. It is a Brazilian "rodizio" such as we have encountered in Rio and Las Palmas. Very noisy, variable meat quality, disapponting salad... but definitely a positive addition to the Corralejo scene! We have also been to the re-opened Cafe Lounge near chez nous. Not bad - see how it goes!

GOOD TO BE BACK!

The Surreal Thing!

The last phase of the Migration comprised a three-day stay in sunny Roses on the Costa Brava. We went back to the hotel used in the Spring. It was hot and sunny with little wind, and we had a jolly time! We also at last made it to Figueres  for the Dali Experience. This was the most "touristy" thing Greyrocks has done for a very long time. The Museo  was heaving and there were many Russian elbows and giggling German students. Having failed to collect a plan at the outset we performed the tour fairly shambolically, but perhaps that is fitting! What a genius! Worth every (pensionista rate) euro!

(Greyrocks, camera died the day before the trip, so the mobile phone has been in use since. Hence the photos are even worse than usual!)

 

La Rentreé

"We're in the wrong bit!"

 

It seems inevitable that the posts about the Autumn Migration are late each year, so Greyrocks is only now covering late September and the languorous progression through the South of France. We were having such a great time at Lattes that we decided to stay on there rather than have the second week in Agde. The decision was also the result of close scrutiny of the Meteo, which kept predicting and then re-scheduling a serious storm. Eventually it happened, and it was indeed dramatic! On many days it was very hot and sunny. We mastered getting into and around Montpellier by tram, and we cycled a lot. Here is a flavour of our 13 day stay: