Friday 20th June

20^th June

Well there’s a shock…England’s second defeat in the group stage. Well at least we might be able to look forward to watching the magical manoeuvres of Suarez if Uruguay progress and the determined pleas of ‘Frank Spencer’ (Roy Hodgson) as he heads for the Labour Exchange a week Monday crying that he’s “been ‘avin some trouble”, and like Frank surprisingly someone will give him a job even though he’s never had success in one. It was nice to see the Germans, the Dutch and the Spanish support England last night in the bar.

Anyway today we left Pals after a really great week, it’s a quiet place with a handful of bars, restaurants and campsites built around a large golf course with the usual golfing apartments, a little more classy than L’Estartit which shares the same 9 mile beach. A place we’ll always come back to.

Similarly Rosas, where we arrived today at around 11am is another place we’ve visited often. We are staying at Mas Nou Camping, a 4 mile bike ride into Rosas but close to the amenities of Empuriabrava. A clean well laid out site with excellent amenities and some good offers for stays of a week and more.

The weather continues to remain around 26c sunny and clear skies.

A giant of a man on the giant screen.

The quality of the photo matches the quality of the performance. It was the end of the game, the crowds had moved on but Barb remained, in her favourite position in front of the telly..... with football on......and a giant screen......every moment had to be savoured!