It’s been a
while since my last update so I figured one was probably about due.
Tomorrow
sees the beginning of our 4th week here on the campsite and I would
love to tell you that we’ve had lots of adventures, but we haven’t.
Since Pete’s
last update, we’ve had quite a relaxed time and until today, the weather had
been fairly forgiving, with dry, sunny days.
However, today it decided to rain, a lot, all day. It appears our luck has run out and more rain
is forecast for the week ahead!
On Monday,
sick of using our plastic camping plates, we decided that we’d treat ourselves to
some real crockery from one of the many pottery stores in Ronda. We figured it could be the start of our
dinner set for the house when we finally get back to the UK, as we got rid of
pretty much everything before we came away.
We intend to pick up other pieces along the way through Europe, that is
when / if we ever get to leave here! I’ve
managed to persuade Pete that now we have side plates and bowls, we may as well
get a couple of dinner plates from here too; but we’ll save that for next week;
it’ll help to pass a few more hours!
On
Wednesday, we decided to take a walk to see the view of the new bridge (Puente
Nuevo), which is essentially Ronda’s star attraction. We’ve walked over it many times since we
arrived as it’s right in the centre, but we hadn’t yet taken any pictures of it
from below, the best vantage point. When
we were here last, in 2007, we took plenty of pictures of it, so I
figured it might be interesting to post a then and now picture...
We also saw a runaway lamb en route to town. The joys of staying in rural Spain; you get treated to these random events – although this is actually the first one we’ve witnessed so far! The farmer seemed to have it all in hand though and when it tried to jump over him (no, I kid you not, they can jump pretty high, something I never even realised!), he caught it like he’d done it a hundred times before! It appeared to have been sheep moving time (not sure if I want to know where they were being moved to...) and there were a number of sheep in a truck, having presumably been herded in before we got there. I can only assume that the poor little lamb was running after mum...I hope I’m wrong, but I couldn’t think of any other reasonable explanation, as once they’d caught it, they didn’t put it in the truck with the others, just held onto it to make sure it didn’t get away again, while the truck drove off. I was tempted to rescue it, but thought better of it – I don’t think Powell would have enjoyed sharing his bed with a lamb, unless it was roasted!
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We also saw a runaway lamb en route to town. The joys of staying in rural Spain; you get treated to these random events – although this is actually the first one we’ve witnessed so far! The farmer seemed to have it all in hand though and when it tried to jump over him (no, I kid you not, they can jump pretty high, something I never even realised!), he caught it like he’d done it a hundred times before! It appeared to have been sheep moving time (not sure if I want to know where they were being moved to...) and there were a number of sheep in a truck, having presumably been herded in before we got there. I can only assume that the poor little lamb was running after mum...I hope I’m wrong, but I couldn’t think of any other reasonable explanation, as once they’d caught it, they didn’t put it in the truck with the others, just held onto it to make sure it didn’t get away again, while the truck drove off. I was tempted to rescue it, but thought better of it – I don’t think Powell would have enjoyed sharing his bed with a lamb, unless it was roasted!
Ronda
really is a lovely place and I can think of much worse places to be. However, it was never our intention to stay
in one place for quite so long. Of
course, we are where we are and we can’t change it, but we are struggling with
seriously itchy feet now. We were hoping
for some good news on Friday...
Friday was
a good day for Pete as he was back at the hospital to have his staples out and
hopefully have the plaster off for good.
He thankfully wasn’t disappointed and once we’d managed to figure out
the Spanish system of just wait around until you can get someone’s attention to
give them your paperwork, we were in and out fairly quickly. His wrist had a bit of a Frankenstein's monster look about it when they 'unwrapped' it. The iodine only added to the effect, which only slightly reduced once the staples were removed. He now has a lovely scar, around 3 inches long, on the inside of his wrist.
It'll fade over time, but it's not of great concern to him anyway, he was just happy to be rid of the plaster. I don’t think Pete’s elation lasted too long when he realised that without the plaster, there was no protective covering from accidental knocks / bumps and the surgeon didn’t really help when he started to manipulate his wrist to show him he needs to work on his range of motion over the next 5 weeks....they don’t tend to be too gentle about things!! I think he secretly expected to be able to move his wrist a lot more than he actually can, with a lot less pain than he’s experiencing. It’ll be a long old slog to full motion but hopefully he’ll have a reasonable amount of mobility by the time we leave here. He has another appointment on 25 Feb, at which point we’re hoping he’ll be given a final x ray and the all clear to drive and we can continue on our way.
It'll fade over time, but it's not of great concern to him anyway, he was just happy to be rid of the plaster. I don’t think Pete’s elation lasted too long when he realised that without the plaster, there was no protective covering from accidental knocks / bumps and the surgeon didn’t really help when he started to manipulate his wrist to show him he needs to work on his range of motion over the next 5 weeks....they don’t tend to be too gentle about things!! I think he secretly expected to be able to move his wrist a lot more than he actually can, with a lot less pain than he’s experiencing. It’ll be a long old slog to full motion but hopefully he’ll have a reasonable amount of mobility by the time we leave here. He has another appointment on 25 Feb, at which point we’re hoping he’ll be given a final x ray and the all clear to drive and we can continue on our way.
Another 5
weeks here....good job it’s a nice campsite!!
Carmen, the lovely French receptionist \ manager, who also speaks
Spanish and English, has been an absolute star, calling taxis for us and
allowing us to use the campsite postal address for internet shopping
deliveries, in addition to just being really friendly and chatty!
In the
meantime, the blog may well suffer as we’re not really getting up to a great
deal. We will be going for longer walks when Pete’s
wrist gets a bit better and he can stand being out and about for a few hours
without pain and I’ll upload pics as and when we do.
Realy sorry that you can't move on it must be really stressful for you and wanting to move on so you take care love mumxx
ReplyDeleteThanks mum, but no, it's not at all stressful! We're in beautiful surroundings and we don't have to get up to go to work...!! It's absolutely fine :-) xx
ReplyDeleteI can understand how pete feels about not much patience when I broke my ankle I was very impatience. And I was stuck in the house for 6 weeks it must be worse for him and you as you are wanting to move on it is not easy for any of you but hopefully on the 25th Feb (which still seems a way off) you will be able to carry on with your tour so you both take care love mum xxx
DeleteGlad you are not stressed and that you are in a good campsite hope Pete is not in to much pain and that he will soon be able to move it without to much pain love mum xxx
ReplyDeleteJust caught up with all that you have been up to. Oh my goodness! You are experiencing everything...although I am sure the hospitals could have been one sight you could have done without. Keeping the wrist moving is so important...I have a fantastic wrist guard which has a metal bar down it and works a treat to support my wrist when I need to - cycling or doing something where I want to be aware and protect it. You should be able to get one from a physio shop. Not to wear all the time but just to give a little bit of protection and support.
ReplyDeleteWe hope that you continue to have a great time. Wendy & Jim xx
Hi Wendy & Jim,
ReplyDeleteReally lovely to hear from you! Pete has also got a wrist guard and he is finding it extremely useful. I just hope it gets better quickly; he's rubbish at being even slightly incapacitated and has no patience!
Fingers crossed we'll be back on the road as soon as the Doc gives the all clear, then we plan to head to Seville before we move on to Portugal. Spain is beautiful but we'll have been here 3 months by the time we leave here, so we'll need to get a wriggle on to make up for lost time.
We hope all is well with you and that you're enjoying being back down south.
xx