Breakfast has now fallen into a pattern……I get the toast, John gets the butter…he has cold meats and cheese followed by fresh fruit and yogurt…I have toast followed by pancakes with pure raw honey…Johns new best mate…The cat …. joined us for breakfast ….

After breakfast we went back to our room and put on our swim suits. Then headed in the direction of the pool. Nope!! no sun loungers…well there were a lot but people had reserved them with their towels….there were two which had been reserved for more than 2 hours and still no one on them……it’s a pet hate of mine….happens all the time when we are cruising…people get up early reserve there sun-loungers with their towels then go back to bed….or even worse they go out for the day knowing when they get back they’ll have a lounger…..it’s so selfish…really annoying…at least when cruising after 2 hours if no one has been to the lounger their towels are removed to free up the space,…grrrrrr..I went and asked if their towels could be removed and was told “no” …… this is the first fault we’ve found at this hotel….. any way there were two other loungers on the peninsula of the other pool leading out to the affinity pool edge….only problem was the umbrella appeared broken and one of the loungers had a pool of water on the mattress…we soon mended the umbrella and turning the mattress over got rid of some of the problem….and we were quickly poolside residents…

It wasn’t long before “Toto” the mallard drake joined me

He laid down next to my lounger, making himself comfortable and we were soon conversing in “ quackers” language.

A dip in the pool was short but sweet as yesterday’s rain seemed to have cooled it.

It was very nice sitting there watching the world go by…

We saw the ponies taking their mounts along the beach…a lovely sight..

A beautiful Red Whiskered Bulbul came to visit us…

Having warmed up again it was time for another dip..

The afternoon saw us having a snooze before going for an early supper in the buffet.

The cold meats…antipasto’s are very pleasant …

A trio of played music while we ate…at least I think some might have called it music…John and I thought we could sound better…..and for those of you who have heard our tuneless dulcet tones, you’ll know how bad the trios warbling really was !!!

We both decided on the themed main course..Italian seafood… I must say my tagliatelle looked better than it was…the pasta was on the uncooked side of cooked and the precooked seafood which was supposed to be heated in the sauce was stone cold …not good…so I left it..John enjoyed his fusilli but had difficulties finding the seafood….

So we both made up for it with the desserts…I defiantly went for chocolate overload..

My other mistake was I asked for a lime and soda, I got squeezed lemons and water…it was very tart….

So not such a brilliant meal but the starters and desserts were both very nice.

Feeling tired from such an exhausting day!!!, of doing absolutely nothing we retired to our room for a few games of cards and an early night…

Tomorrow we’ve booked a private excursion to the North of the island.