Friday 30 January.
Back to running again this morning. I got up at 6 am and made a cup of tea which we had in bed before I set off. I had difficulties downloading the newspaper again but eventually I got it and read the news before getting up and stretching. I ran the same route as the other day out to Alcala by the main road though this time I ran a bit further. When I reached Alcala instead of going down the first street to the esplanade I ran along the cycle track that went down to the beach area further along, even further than we walked on Sunday. I had ran quite fast along the path beside the main road now that I was familiar with the route and when I reached the tiled esplanade I picked up the pace even more on the good flat surface. I eased off on the rough ground after the prom and was taking slowly when a woman passed me, I quickened my pace and kept at her back until she stopped near where the motorhomes were parked. I took it easy again until the slight incline to the tarred road but the same woman appeared and overtook me. I let her go this time but she turned left at the t-junction at the road anyway. I pushed hard again on the hills going back by the main road through town and had a very good run. I checked my time while having a final stretch at the pool, 63:19 minutes. This was 2:35 minutes faster than on Tuesday and on a longer route !
After breakfast Moira filled the machine with the dirty clothes and left them to wash while we went to the gym. It was now getting very warm as we walked along and up the hill to the sports complex. When we arrived the woman at the desk took our photographs and prepared our membership cards that act as a electronic pass for the gate. She must have been waiting for the blank cards or the camera to arrive causing the delay in us getting our passes.
Moira went to the cardio studio and did walking on the treadmill, some cycling and rowing. At first she couldn't get the treadmill to work and had to shout for me to sort it out for her. I worked on my legs and abs today with various exercises for both. The gym was quite busy but there isn't any problem getting on to the machines or use of the weights. We spent an hour there then headed back, it was now much warmer getting near mid-day.
We sat out on the veranda for lunch and listened at the same time to the radio. It was getting hotter and when I saw somebody swimming in the pool I decided to go in. The water was freezing but I managed to stay in for about 10 minutes and swim a couple of lengths. I washed off the pool water in the showers at the side then had a proper shower when I came up to the flat.
The other day we got an email from Alison in Umtentweni about our house there. She has somebody interested in buying it. The price offered isn't very good but with the Rand dropping in value all the time we think it might be better to cut our loses and just get rid of it. The people interested still have to sell their own house to get the money but want to move in at the end of March and pay occupational rent until they sell. I sent Alison an email saying we couldn't manage to get to SA before May on order to move out our furniture and also what guarantee did we have that the deal would actually go through. We await her reply.
I tried to publish my blog but again the Internet was playing up and it refused to go through. I sat and did a crossword instead until it was time to come in for the quizzes on TV and dinner. Moira made prawns tonight which we had with an onion-tomato sauce and garlic butter. It was very nice, the ones on that programme last night who spend £260/week on food never had anything like that to eat !
There was 'Mastermind' on the TV later and I didn't do very well with answering the questions. Later it was the 'Three Musketeers' series but it wasn't very good. I tried publishing my blog before going to bed and this time I was successful.
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