Sunshine and activities

 I got to try the zip line one day when there were guests doing it

 We went kayaking, horse riding, and quad biking some of the other days

 But my last day there, we went to some caves up the hillside

 Me looking stunning (no) and Jenni looking brilliant (yes)

Jenni, Robbie and Mikie doing their best to look relaxed and utterly cool

On the days we didn't just plonk down by the pool at the end of the day, to enjoy the last rays of sun, we (the volunteers) would try to do some of the activities on the centre. I did actually do both horse riding and quad biking, even though I was frightened by both. Climbing up to the caves was my favourite though, closely followed by the kayaking. There's nothing like scrambling up a hill, hoping that you've chosen the right path, managing to get there in less time than you imagined and having an amazing view as a result. Oh, and discovering the cave is actually a bat cave, with no bats, but lots of tiny skeletons lying about (I might be the only one who finds this interesting but hey).

Spain

I exist!

The past two weeks I've been on an outdoor activity centre run by a South African couple, working 5-8 hours per day and getting food and lodging in return. Let me give you a itinerary of my typical day there:

0830: Get up, have breakfast, try to remember to put on sun cream.

0930: Start work: clean the kitchen, sweep the floor, feed the small animals (pigs, dogs, cats, peacocks, parrots and one adorable tortoise).

1100: Go down to tea garden, start boiling water as guests start to arrive, clean pool and do general maintenance.

1330: Have lunch, hopefully be able to sit down more than 10 minutes.

1530: Hope that there are no more guests for the day, sit down in the sun with a book.

1535: More guests arrive for coffees and teas.

1700: All guests are gone, change into swimwear and plunk down next to the swimming pool. 

1900: Help Helen or Jenny feed the horses for the night, or start making food, or get ready to go out.

2000: Have dinner, or leave to go to the paella restaurant where we ate five times during my fourteen day stay.

2300/2400: Go to bed.