Month: June 2016

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The wind had died down over night to another glorious day, highs of 35 expected. We discovered that we have no mains water coming in, so Mal was down by the roadside sorting that out. More chalking up of the pipes and he managed to clear it, even if he was a little drenched when he came back up. He then started on cutting the lantana, a massive task. I started cleaning indoors including cupboards.

I went to put some washing out to discover two kittens down by the rotary drier. I think they use our front garden as their home. Later two cats indoors! I’ll have to pull the open shutters across the windows as one climbed in the kitchen window. They didn’t hang around when Ellie was here!

I have to say how I have missed the fruit here, so lunch time and the sweetest melon and such tasty cherries! Mal has now emptied our two storage tanks into the pool so we can swim, that was so good!

We were going to the pub to watch the England game and then decided we would swim for longer and watch it at home. Nail biting stuff, at least they managed to win but we lost Cody in about the 86th minute but it came back just before the goal that clinched it!

In the evening we intended going out to dinner at Incirli which used to cook such fantastic fish kebabs. We went in, a menu was plonked in front of us, entirely changed and the whole place stunk of frying even though we were outside. We changed our minds and walked out. Such a shame, a change of owner. Instead we had a lovely meal at Blue Song. That place is always reliable and good value along with good food and to make it even better, we sat and watched the sun set.

Thought for the Day – “Everyone chases after happiness, not noticing that happiness is right at their heels.” ~ Bertolt Brecht

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I think we only had a couple of hours sleep and we were awake and up. Good to see that the pool was as it should be thanks to David. Also the water pump worked straight away. That often seizes after 3 months non use. We just had to sort the hire car so went to Acmenya. I told them we were paying for a new car and the one we had, had 167,000km on the clock and it was worn out! They apologised, said that they had given ours to someone who had broken down, they would get it back from him, clean it and deliver it to us. They said they wouldn’t charge us for today. Can’t say fairer than that. Ali, the man himself,(the boss) came up at lunchtime and swapped the cars over.

We did a few jobs and then time for a siesta. It was so nice and warm but a lovely breeze.

We tried to think of somewhere different to go in the evening and I remembered a place in the mountains in Karsiyaka that we hadn’t been to for a couple of years. By the evening the wind was so strong, I thought it better not to eat by the sea, I think we would have lost everything off the table! We went to Cano’s Green Palace. I had fresh tuna (25tl) and Mal had swordfish (28tl). They came with a huge salad and a lot of real chips. All the tables were laid up inside as there was by now a gale blowing outside. There was only us and one other couple in there. It is is such good food but not so easy to find the location. Coming from Lapta, if you turn left opposite “the square” in Karsiyaka and then there are signs all the way there. Well worth a visit.

Back home and a drink under the terrace watching the stars!

Thought for the Day – “Some of the best memories are made in flip flops.” ~ Kellie Ellmore

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We took Torin’s two dogs out and then dropped them off at Karen’s house so she has them while he is away.

Back into the car and off to Stansted. We were on the plane ready for the correct time to take off but sadly two of the passengers weren’t, eventually they appeared and we had lost our slot so in all we were an hour and a half late taking off. We went through some storms, so that wasn’t very pleasant. We had pre booked seats and a meal but I don’t know why. We thought it would be handy near the front, near to a loo…it was out of order so we had to walk to the rear of the plane anyway and the food wasn’t worth having!

Some interesting shots into Istanbul, especially the rainbow and yes it was raining there when we landed.

It was a very short stop in Istanbul as we were so late.
Our usual guy from Acmenya was waiting for us at Ercan and he usually drives us back to the office and then gives us a car. This time he took us to the car wash to collect one. It wasn’t the car we booked but it was late so we just took the VW Touran and decided we would sort it the following day. I arrived home and by then realised the drivers seat was soaking wet!
At least Multimax had put our internet back on. A good thing as we went to top up my Turkcell phone and it has been over 3 months and so they have given my number to somebody else, so my sim is useless. Looks as though we are left with Skype and whatsapp! Last visit I asked David to top my phone up, this time I forgot. Thinking about it, it may be just as well as even though I kept adding money to it, I rarely used it.

Thought for the Day – “Collect moments, not things.” ~ Paulo Coelho

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Mal mowed the lawns and I took Ellie for a walk. A woman with a black lab was behind us and Ellie really freaked out and bolted. I managed to get her and calm her down and then she kept looking behind her and bolting again. I have never seen her so frightened and it makes me wonder what happened to her before we looked after her. I have never seen her like that before. She was fine as soon as we reached home but until then kept looking behind her with her ears back. Poor thing, something spooked her. That is the only thing with a rescue but I only have rescue dogs, with enough love and kindness, they usually feel secure again even if they have their funny quirks.

We packed our cases again for a trip to Cyprus this time. So we took Ellie to Lou and Rhys’s, she loves seeing Rhys. We then drove to Torin’s for the night. We only saw him for about an hour as he was off up north to take part in a 4 day electricity course for work. It’s easier for us to stay there prior to our flight so we don’t have to think about the M25.

We had dinner and watched the football.

Thought for the Day – “All it takes is one song to bring back a thousand memories.”

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We went to Minnis Bay, thinking we would go along the green but we discovered there a lot of new signs in place and now dogs are allowed on the far end of the beach. Of course Ellie was in the sea and I think every person down there was accompanied by one or two dogs. It’s so nice down there for dogs, good for socialising. As Ellie always does.

We happened to mention to Rhys yesterday that we booked bargain tickets for north Cyprus in November. He said he felt sure the boys would love to come but we said IF we sell the villa we could lose our money (or book a hotel|). So today,I contacted Rhys and he has asked the boys if they would like to come with us.We have now booked tickets for Sol and Tariq to come with us. It’s nice that two teenage grandsons still want to holiday with their grand parents!

In the evening we had tickets to see the Ukelele Orchestra of Great Britain in Canterbury. We hadn’t seen them before but they seem to have excellent reviews everywhere they go. We are willing to try anything once. Well, it was a sellout and now we know why. They were not just good musicians but extremely entertaining with a very dry sense of humour. I have to say in some places I don’t know how they kept straight faces. We didn’t want it to end.

Here’s just a sample.

Thought for the Day – “The best way to get along with people is not expect them to be like you.” ~ Joyce Meyers

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Well, we knew there would be controversy over the water pipeline from Turkey into north Cyprus.

We watched the Euro 2016 game last night, so I had to chuckle when I heard this story about south Cyprus banning Turkish airlines adverts during the games. I wonder if they are blanking out the adverts pitch side whilst the games are on?! Examples such as this convince me there will never be a united Cyprus!

It is the Queen’s official birthday celebrations and so we went to the Anchor in Wingham but there seemed surprisingly few people there. Last weekend was so busy. Lou, Rhys, Tariq and the littlies came with us.

They had all sorts of games for the kids and an obstacle course and were raising money for charity. We had some lunch there and then back to our house.

In the evening we watched the England game, the team looked promising BUT……!

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Mal was at Wingham allotment, a busy time of year and Ellie and I went round the orchards. The apricots and apples are doing well. There are a lot of apricots on the ground after the high winds but still a lot on the trees. The rabbits were out too, Ellie is very good with them.

I went into Canterbury later on.

Thought for the Day – “It’s never too late to be what you might have been.” ~ George Eliot