✍Journal: Week 12, 2021.

In week 12 of 2021, I got a delivery of homemade sausages from a friend and went out for a drink with my neighbour Russ a few times.

📝Friday, March 19th.

Today my friend Sean delivered a dozen homemade sausages, they are delicious & it's always good to have some in the freezer for an easy meal. I have been waiting for the live draw for the Quarter Finals & Semi-Finals of the Europa League this morning. Right on cue, just before the draw is made, I fall asleep & wake up an hour later, after it is all over. Arsenal drew Slavia Prague from the Czech Republic & if they win this match they will play the winner of the Dinamo Zagreb v Villarreal match. 

The rain this afternoon & this evening is very heavy, which means if I had wanted to go out I would have had to use the kayak rather than the mobility scooter. I stay at home with the heat on & watch the Fulham v Leeds game on the television.

📝Saturday, March 20th.

This morning the rain has stopped but I don't know for how long. I decide against going out & spend the day with my feet up. I make a Skype video call to my Uncle Paul in the UK & watch a few films. This evening I watch the France v Wales Six Nations rugby match. It is the best rugby game I can remember watching with the lead being taken first by France, twice, before Wales take the lead only to lose the game with the last play. It was a very loose game with both sides losing players & playing long periods without a full team on the pitch but the French side seemed to switch up a gear when they needed to at the death. The final score was France 32 - Wales 30. It means Wales can not win the Grand Slam but means that France has to beat Scotland & get a bonus point in the last game next week to win the Six Nations tournament & stop Wales from winning that as well.

📝Sunday, March 21st.

I had another fairly quiet day today. I went to my local supermarket this morning for a few things so that I can make some chicken soup tomorrow. When I get home I take the filters out of my dishwasher, clean them up, use a dishwasher cleaner to steam clean the dishwasher, then top up the salt in it.

I put the two chickens I have bought in the oven to roast. Then I settle down to watch the West Ham v Arsenal game on television. Arsenal once again starts terribly & are losing 3 - 0 after only 30 minutes. Incredibly they then start to play really well & force West Ham into making two errors, scoring an own goal, either side of halftime. West Ham then hit the post of the Arsenal goal before Arsenal score a great goal to draw the game 3 - 3. Arsenal are really not helping my heart out this week.

After watching the game I strip the meat from the two chickens & put it in the fridge to make the soup with tomorrow. The chicken bones were then placed in the slow cooker to make a chicken bone broth, I will leave it on low for around 12-14 hours overnight.

📝Monday, March 22nd.

Today I went to look for a bike, I am deciding if I will get the use out of it. I would like an electric bike, that way if my knee pops out or my legs hurt whilst I am out, I can still get home. They are a lot of money though, a new one is around é1000. After looking in the bike shop in Los Narejos I went for a coffee & a few beers with my friend Martin. After meeting Martin I stopped off at La Zona bar before going on to the quiz at Rocco's bar in the early evening. The fresh air must have gotten to me as I was in bed & asleep by 9 pm.

📝Tuesday, March 23rd.

This morning my friend Martin cycled around to see if he could get his bike in my storage cupboard in the garage. Before I buy one I want to make sure I can keep it safe & locked away & the entrance to the cupboard is quite an awkward angle. After quickly finding that I could get a bike in the garage we walked round to one of the local bars for a quick pint. The rest of the day I spent watching television & a very good documentary series 'The Story of Wales', it was very interesting seeing how my ancestors would have lived & how Wales developed into the country we know now.

📝Wednesday, March 24th.

First thing this morning I walked around to the local supermarket for some milk but they didn't have any. On the way back I met my neighbour Russ & we decided to go for breakfast at the San Juan bar on the beachfront. A breakfast of bacon, sausage, mushrooms, beans & an egg was just what the Dr ordered & the view is great. After breakfast, we realised that somewhere in the world it was 5 O'clock so we had a pint before then moving on to the Alaska bar for some light refreshments. I didn't stay long with Russ as I had arranged to meet my friends Reindeer & Frouk at a Spanish bar called El Callejón de las Brujas for lunch. It is a fantastic little bar, with cheap drinks & very good food. We stay there chatting in the sun until it closes at around 5:30. I had said I would stop & see Russ on my way back along the beach but he had already left when I got there. It seemed a shame to have walked that way for nothing so I stopped off at La Playa bar for some light refreshment before heading home.

I will have to sort out my hat as I can feel the sun has burnt my head. The factor 50 sun cream will have to start being used again as well, I do burn easily. Hopefully, by next month it will be warm enough for me to start swimming every morning again.

📝Thursday, March 25th.

My head is burnt from all the sun yesterday & the first thing I do after my shower is put plenty of aftersun on my head & find my hat. I go for a walk this morning & end up at bar Corzola for coffee & a tostada & sit there for a few hours reading my kindle. In the afternoon I meet my neighbour Russ & he forces me to drink beer at the beach all afternoon & then physically drags me to Rocco's bar for several more whilst we talk garbage & watch the football.