Waiting + Fridge & special guest

'CHECKMATE' .... issued forth the the voice from my smart phone.

"Whaaat .... How ... Oh damm, I forgot that knight!" Issued forth the whingy whiney voice of myself. Shoulders slumped and jaw dropped as realisation sunk in of the enormity of losing to a computer chess app set at level one, which is one up from beginner. It did'nt help that the sound of heavy rain beating down on Sadies roof was loud and continuous and had been since we had left Tavira.

Doom, gloom and mental breakdown into depression. This was the clever octopus now tentatively reaching out its multi suckered arms in the hope I would remain in the defeated Chess stupor long enough for it to get a firm hold and drag me down deep into it's lair.

HA!! "No way José!" 

I say as I remind myself of the actual where/what and how well we're doing just now. Barbara was due the next day and we had returned to the campsite in Tavira to clean Sadie, get washing done and prepare, as best as one elderly single brain celled male can do, for the arrival of female company. We had done well. Even Tanya had a bath and we had collected a very smart ladies bicycle from the local cycle shop.

But .... Oh yes, there is always a 'but' where these things are concerned. Day 2 of fridge doom had also arrived. You gotta admire fate's timing have you not. I mean the very day before my special guest arrives. Good timing fate, good timing!

I'd done all I could in the way of re-stripping and re-furbishing the intracies of the fridge's complicated operating mechanism twice now. Master Fridge was not having it though and refused to play ball.

"Where's that leaflet for 'Camper Serv' Tanya?" I mutter as I finally locate it. 

"Aha! They are agents for Dometic (fridge make) and they are just up the road from Faro airport. "C'mon Tanya, in y'get we're on our way!"

In the pouring rain, with me holding the umbrella, a very efficient young man at Camper Serv pulls out two wires, cleans and replaces them and without further ado Master Fridge sputters into gas fuelled activity. Hooray! The day, and more importantly, Tanya, Barbara, and my stock of food, are saved. I would have willingly paid a lot more than he asked for especially as he took time to show and explain to me this particular fault of the fridge and how to fix it.

Well that was yesterday. The rain ceased early this morning and here we are watching the planes come and go in a sun blessed viewing area at Faro airport. Plenty of time to take Tanya for a walk and prepare a nice curry for this evening, Barbara may be hungry, before we drive round to the airport pick up area once I see her plane land.

OH! And Master Fridge? He is happily 'green for go' and keeping the grub cool.

Only fly on the horizon is poor Tanya who does not in any way approve of the regular bird scarer bangs coming from the end of the runway. AH well! Can't have everything perfect can we.

The piccys. Well the rain also forced me to 'Smart phone play'. Guess who found an app in Google Play Store called 'Sketch Guru!'