Summer!

Summer is here in Malaga!  It is hot hot hot!!

Bones got his Summer hair cut and he is feeling much more comfortable. Of course, he does his usual silly thing of heading out to the hottest spot on the balcony and then overheats and has to go inside and sit in the bathroom to cool down. He won't be told to stay inside......

Hedgehog!!

Bones gets groomed in his vets. When I went to collect him the vet showed me this little thing that had just been dropped off. Only 2 weeks old, she was feeding it little nibbles of maybe cat treats or Guinea Pig food and he was loving. Munching away on snacks between drinks of water and living his best life!

The vet said she would give him a little flea treatment and then let him go out in the wild. A great thing to see!

Different country, same ask.....

Safe cycle paths 

I've written in the past about cycle protests that I've attended in Dublin where the ask was for safe protected cycle lanes.

Here in Malaga, the local council introduced fines for cycling in the city streets in certain pedestrianised areas but did nothing to provide safe cycle lanes in replacement. This in effect means that they expect families with young children to drive on busy roads with fast traffic and it also means that delivery cyclists and couriers are receiving fines for just doing their jobs. Many delivery cyclists load up their bullit style bikes with large loads of packages for deliveries - they would be unable to push their bikes with the loads that they carry. Personally, I think this was a big mistake on the city's part and after all the years of seeing increases in cycling and a reduction in car usage, this fine system will reverse all of this positivity.

Yesterday there was a protest cycle to call for safe cycling infrastructure, so Ciaran and I enjoyed the other 2,500 people who got out to call for this.

Here's a few pics from the event - and you can also see more here on Facebook.

Lazing on a Sunny afternoon....

Sunny days in Malaga

Yesterday was a Kinks type of day - we sat in the sun and chatted and drank and then at one point Ciaran checked his email and discovered a great piece of news about PIGSY art!

The reason that I called yesterday a Kinks type of day, is that as I formulated my thoughts for this blog as as well as the blog title, The Kinks "Sunny Afternoon" popped in to my head.

The tax man's taken all my dough
And left me in my stately home
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
And I can't sail my yacht
He's taken everything I got
All I've got's this sunny afternoon

Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
I gotta big fat mama trying to break me
And I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime

My girlfriend's run off with my car
And gone back to her ma and pa
Telling tails of drunkenness and cruelty
Now I'm sitting here
Sipping at my ice cold beer
Lazing on a sunny afternoon

Help me, help me, help me sail away
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazing on a sunny…

Gosh, even reading the lyrics of that song brings back memories. Many's a sunny day in the 1990's was spent by my twin sister and I sunbathing in the garden listening to our Dad's 1950's / 60's record collection when we should have been studying for our final school year exams. The lyrics bring me right back to that time and I hear all of the other songs on the records like "I want to be Bobby's girl" or "Chantilly Lace" -  I will see if my twin sister can remember some of the other songs.

Here's some pics to show that sunny day...