Kevnjan's new adventure.

Sun.24th. Mar. Can it really be the last week of March already? I'll just get the weather report out of the way. Its cool, showery and still not the best and the forecast is for more of the same for the next week or so. Disappointing but hey - we've been watching the news and it's clear that we are best off here. Don't like the weather you're getting in England. Anyway, that's it weather wise. While we were in Albufeira we complained to anyone who'd listen about having no TV and several people told us they had been helped by a guy called Ken who lives out in the country west of Lagos. I phoned him and we drove about 50Ks to let him sort out our problems. After 2 hours he admitted defeat and we still have a useless satellite dish. We drove back down the coast to Alvor, and found a pleasant campsite which is where we are now located. It's a strange thing about Portugal, at least, in the Algarve, there don't seem to be any sites located on the beach. We are probably a mile from the beach and that's too far to drag the sunbeds. Not that it's been a problem as sunbathing isn't an option. We've been very fortunate here, when we arrived we were befriended by two English couples who have been here for some time, we were pointed to the pitch which gets most sun during the day, (not much right now) and offered a connection to a large satellite dish owned by one of them. So we have TV!! Hooray, it is good to have a diversion for an hour or two in the evening. No match of the day this weekend but saw the England game on Friday and will be watching on Tues. I think we will stay here at least until after Easter, it's a good idea to be settled somewhere over the holiday. It's a quirky sort of a site. There is a Vietnamese pot bellied pig wandering around, with the run of the site, her name is Olivia and she has befriended Janet who thinks she is wonderful. I think it belongs to the man who runs the site, Jao. We're told that a few weeks ago Jao had a birthday party in the site bar for his wife and had the world's worst DJ. Last week he threw a party for his two donkeys and had a 5 piece band which was brilliant. Tells you a lot about the Portuguese male. So there we are, another largely uneventful few days in the life of Kevnjan. We bought a phone card for €5 this week which gave us 220 minutes. Jan just finished it up this afternoon talking to Paul and Barb in America. That's a lot of phoning in 5 days. Anyway, she go cut off so she says goodbye, talk to you next week. For those of you who haven't got Facebook, here's a picture of Jan with her new friend, Olivia.