For the last couple of years we've travelled to Madrid with Ana for a Monday to Friday stay, to keep Ana company while she's popped back from her UK summer hols to do a bit of work. This year Madrid was soooooo hot hot hot, that despite our potential plans for a bit of sightseeing and Ana's best efforts at encouraging us to make the most of having a car at our disposal, we were having none of it.
Out of the gate at the bottom of Frank and Ana's garden, across the narrow river, is a vast sports complex, boasting amongst other things a brand new huge open-air swimming pool. Well, as far as we were concerned that was it for the week. Every morning after a leisurely breakfast on the terrace we loaded two loungers, some towels and ourselves into the car and drove the three minute trip to the pool. Pitched up under the shade of the huge old pine trees in the green and well kept grounds and taking the occasional comfort from the excellent little bar and snackery that services the pool, Lynda and I were in heaven. When it got that bit too warm we briefly debated if we should cool down with a beer or a dip into the crystal clear water. Invariably we opted for both, a sound compromise.
Short but very sweet, this trip was notable for our almost total inertia, and we loved it !!
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