Moody weather
At the start of the week, as we watched news coverage of the terrible flooding across the north of England we were still basking in pretty mild but cloudy weather. My heart goes out to those affected, with family and friends in Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire I have followed the news and hoped that all of their homes have stayed flood free. So far, I’m pleased to say they have, although one friend went 36 hours without power and the flood waters came into her cul-de-sac but stopped before reaching her place. How awful for those who didn’t escape the effects. The above photo features a Royal Navy ship leaving Gibraltar during a rather oddly coloured sunset on Monday.
Rain comes to Gibraltar 
Back in October we had a pretty wet spell ourselves which brought with it a rather dramatic landslide this post has the details. Back then I discovered my wellies had perished and sprung a leak over the summer so I ended up wearing flip-flops with my waterproofs. I got one or two odd looks and comments that it was obvious I must be English (not local) as I’m a bit mad. After a week or so of splashing about in flip-flops I went crazy and bought some posh wellies – to much ridicule from Mr Postcard along the lines of ‘this is Gibraltar not Glastonbury’. Then the rain stopped, for two months, until Tuesday. I unwrapped my new wellies with relish and jumped in a few puddles (you’re never to old for that I reckon!).
Commonwealth Park looking festive 
I was lucky enough to be able to sneak out one evening and watch the new Star Wars film. I can’t do it justice, so won’t give a review – I liked it, a lot. En-route to the cinema I took a stroll through Commonwealth Park. I’ve driven past at night and seen the lights but this was the first time I’d seen it up close. I thought it looked fab.
Hard Rock Café, Puerto Banús 
We escaped and dashed along the coast for a few days over New Year. First night found us at the Hard Rock Café where the kids were bemused at the old fashioned rock music playing on the screens. No 1 son asked whether Oasis had been in the charts when I was growing up! The previous night he had watched a TV programme about the 1950s and thought the music in that was from my youth… not much difference between that and Oasis. How do their brains work when it comes to recent history?!
Year’s end in Nueva Andalucía
We were blessed with beautiful weather over new year, and found a peaceful spot little to recharge our batteries. Well, it was peaceful before we arrived ;-).
New Year’s Day walk
The glorious weather continued into January and on New Year’s Day we went for a lovely walk along the beach footpath from Puerto Banús towards Marbella. We had long sleeves on but there were some people in trunks etc sunbathing on the beach… on January 1st… in the northern hemisphere, can’t get my head round that!
I was so brave!!!
After the entire Postcard clan had posed for photos ‘wearing’ moths at the Benalmádena Butterfly Park, it looked as though I had to overcome my reservations and have a go too. I’m not great with creepy crawlies in general and while I loved watching the butterflies fliting about us on our visit, the thought of having one ON me was a big deal! I’ll have many more photos about this in my next post…
Sunday Sevens is a blog series featuring seven photos from the past seven days. It was created by Natalie at Threads & Bobbins pop along to her blog to find out more. Thanks for stopping by 🙂 and Happy New Year!
Ah splashing in puddles, never too old for that. My wellies have sprung a leak too, but I couldn’t find any in my size yesterday. What a pretty place to spend new year. Have a great week.
Thank you! Yes you can’t beat it 🙂 have a great week too!
Where did you buy your Hunters from? Mail order? I’ve got a wellie story,mmustn’t forget to post it 😀 We had a NYD beach walk too, in shorts and T-shirts though. It was roasting and the sun was sooooo bright. Pretty much like your pic.
Is that a flutterby or a moth? Looks like a giant moth. Very cute.
I got them from Shoe in town. Rather pricey not sure how it compares to UK mail order prices though. The alternatives were the kind I had before which perished or rather lurid floral numbers which aren’t quite me :-/. Well spotted – it was a moth on my hand. Because they are nocturnal the staff can pop them onto your hand while they’re still asleep and they’re oblivious to what’s going on. The lady there was incredibly gentle with them. I look forward to hearing your wellies story! 🙂
Oooh, that’s interesting. Think one of the other shops used to stock them but stopped. They’re pricey anyway. *shrug* Mine are cheap garden centre variety but he has the pukka things. Which he used a couple of Christmases ago here, and uses when he does drain/sewage unblocking here.
It’s very pretty, but it looked more moth than butterfly, no idea why though. Soft looking I think. I’m a great entomologist 🙂
Phew. It would need to be asleep to go on my hand. What lovely photos you take and an amazing start to the year K xXx
Thank you x
I agree, splashing in puddles is fun no matter what age you are. Thanks for reminding us what the sun looks like – even your ‘moody weather’ shot looks beautiful:)
My pleasure! I’ll keep the sunny photos coming when I can, although I’ve just been out for a jog in the rain so can’t oblige today! Have a great week 🙂
Glad you got some puddles to match your new wellies. I have a pair of Hunters that I must have had for over ten years now so a good investment I’d say 🙂
Thanks I certainly hope that they last longer than my last couple of pairs 🙂
Very shiny new gummies – and that butterfly is stunning! I hope you have lost your aversion to them as it is absolutely wonderful to have them choose to alight on you – butterflies being a symbol of renewal and hope and all 🙂
Thank you – I didn’t even think of the symbolism of it all. 🙂
Love your new wellies! I love my Hunters – I agree that they are a good investment! We love the Hard Rock cafes too…especially the food & drinks! 😀 Nice to see you had a great New Year!
Thank you. It was a rather tasty dinner:-)