We had to be up early this morning to get our breakfast
out of the way before a Skype conference with the RBL in Spain - the noise of my juicer in the background would have been too much!
If you saw my
P for Poppies Post on April 18th you will know that we are members
of the RBL Tenerife Branch. Our two Case Workers needed a training update, and
Skype is a much better option than a trip to the Peninsula. It’s also cheap, whereas
tickets and accommodation would make a large hole in the branch budget. Isn’t
technology wonderful?
And to add ZEST to my day, Jean brought me a whole
carrier-bag full of fresh lemons. More Lemon Curd? – (see my recipe page for how
to make it.)
ZAP ZONE! A friend asked last
night if we had ever eaten at the Atlantido Restaurante in Las Galletas. We had, but it’s gone now. ZAPPED by over-ZEALOUS bureaucracy. Demolished. RaZed
to the beach. Another victim of the Spanish law PLAN DE COSTAS that says any building too near the
sea must go.
Although the food was
good and the view amaZing, it had probably been built illegally.
The same
cannot be said of some of the little cottages that this Draconian law has
deemed unnecessary – those were people’s homes, built decades before the tin
gods in Spain moved the goal-posts.
Look up "Tenerife village demolished" on Google images and weep.
Look up "Tenerife village demolished" on Google images and weep.
ZIMMER FRAMES have you noticed you hardly ever see one these days?
People go straight from walking sticks to those motoriZed wheelchairs that ZOOM along the pavements as if they own
them, ZIPPING in and out of innocent
pedestrians and mowing down small children.
I thought these vehicles were
supposed to be speed-restricted? I reckon some of them have been souped up.
ZENITH = above a trailer in an unofficial depot near us is this Z-car - it's been there a good while. Z at the end of its registration number means it’s about 25 years old.
The owner must hold it very dear to go to these lengths to deter thieves.
WE DID IT! We "Z"ipped right through the A-Z challenge! I'm so glad to have met you, my new friend!
ReplyDeleteI had no idea those things were called zimmer frames. We call them walkers, and I still see them around. But those scooters are catching on!
ReplyDeleteHappy Z Day!
Skype certainly is wonderful, especially as the grandkids grow so quickly! You're right. Zimmerman frames are very 'yesterday' and so too will the A to Z be! Woohoo! We did it!
ReplyDeleteBring back the zimmer frames. Those scooters are lethal.
ReplyDeleteWell done on taking us on such a varied journey through A-Z, Lizy, and good luck with the book.
Ann
What an interesting set of 'Z's Thank you for entertaining us with your words and congratulations on 'getting there'.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fantastic Z post! Zimmer frames? We call them walkers. My mom used one. But I see a lot of motorized scooters and they do zip along dangerously!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on finishing and I'm glad we "met"!
~Laura
"Zest", that's a good Z word! I think Skype is fab, I use it to chat with my 92 year old Grammie Kirkby every week.
ReplyDeleteYou got quite a lot of Zs in there Liz!
ReplyDeletei have managed to cobble something (opened my own Blogger blog) so that I can comment on every one in three blogger blogs, and I THINK yours is one of them, oh, I hope so!
I would so love to taste an orange or a lemon straight off the tree.
Congrats on making it here old friend! XXX