Our accommodation here in Ponte de Lima is more or less opposite the exhibition centre which is the playing venue for the chess tournament Phil and our Canadian “flat mates” are playing in. It’s just a few hundred yards away across a big parking lot. When we arrived there were maybe two or three camper vans there. Yesterday it began to fill up. This morning it’s not quite chocker but there’s definitely less free space than there was when we arrived. And of course, this is because it’s the weekend. And the weather is beautiful. People (motor home owners anyway) are coming to enjoy the sunshine.
Out running this morning I noticed that down by the river, close to the start of the tree-lined avenue, they were setting up a scruffy little market, selling clothes. I didn’t go close enough to investigate whether this was nw clothing or a sort of jumble sale, people getting rid of the clothes they no longer wanted or needed.
In the Guardian online this morning I found this article about the benefits of the Atlantic diet, as eaten in most of Galicia. It is supposed to be marginally better for you even than the Mediterranean diet although it sounds as though the main difference is the fact that they eat fish at least three times a week. So basically, we should be very healthy.
Oddly enough, here in Ponte de Lima we have been having difficulty locating restaurants serving good fish dishes at a reasonable price. I look at menus outside restaurants with fish dishes going for €20+, rather more than we have got used to paying when we visit Figueira da Foz.
Here’s an odd item I came across in social media:
“The organizers for the 2012 London Olympics ceremony asked the manager of The Who if drummer Keith Moon would be able to perform at the forthcoming London Olympics Games. The Who manager Bill Curbishley, told The Times how he responded to the request. 'I emailed back saying Keith now resides in Golders Green crematorium, having lived up to The Who's anthemic line 'I hope I die before I get old,' he said. 'If they have a round table, some glasses and candles, we might contact him.'”
It amused me anyway.
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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