La Campaneta

Packing my bag for an early flight in the morning for 4 days in CDS to check on property progress in La Cala de Mijas. Whats the weather like please before I close the suitcase ?

Helen

Thanks Roberto, am here and its fab !!!!!!

Helen

Hi Roberto,

Got that one wrong then (He He). Actually it has been very good for October me thinks, just put quilt on last night for first time.

Don't know what you mean, Rusty. I'm still sleeping naked on my deck....DECK, I said! You must be "nesh". When I were a lad....etc etc. Little bit of rain this morning, but not enough to flood the garage, so not really significant - at least not in Presidential Worries terms. Still (stubbornly, perhaps) in shorts & tees; I won't give in until November! As for the tourists - well, the Brits at least, they'll be in flip flops & singlets until January. The Spaniards are already wearing their winter woolies, and the banks & Corte Ingles have the thermostats up to max.

Like your new signature, Smiley. Obviously the silly b*tch who said that didn't realise winning 2.5 million is enough to bring all sorts of friends you didn't know you had knocking on your door, without making an open invitation to share it!

Roberto,

When I was a lad we had central heating!!!!! Anyway it has become sunny again, it may have just been last night I was cold........

Not allowed to wear shorts at work although probably a good thing. Yeah always gets me with the tourists when I am under a heater in the bar wiv me coat on and they are sat that in fliflops, string vest n shorts.

Us Spaniards have been in winter woolies since 22nd september - official winter start in Spain! I remember when I fist came to Spain, son was nearly 4 (crikey where does time go???) Anyway, he was in school in march, when teacher pulls me aside and says that could I put him in trousers please as its still officially winter until after Easter. Chris had shorts on everyday so I enquired what the problem was.

Apparently some of the other kids in his class were trying to cut their trouser legs off to be like him!

Well, it WAS well in the twenty degrees at the time!

Ah how we all thought it was going to be soooooo hot in the winter, I remember leaving my caots behind and just taking one jacket and a couple of jumpers and then hastily buying some when I got here.

Still my general explanation (to tourists) is that it is all comparative......we have 30-40 in summer so of course its cold when it gets to less than 20. Bit like summer/winter in England without the snow, ice, rain (well not as much).

Does anyone else find that they apologise to relatives and friends if they come across and the weather has a few days off???? I do!!!

"Does anyone else find that they apologise to relatives and friends if they come across and the weather has a few days off???? I do!!!"

No, I only find I have to apologise to the neighbours for the sight of oil-slickened rellies in their skimpies, lounging around the pool in what they consider deep dark mid-winter!