25th July - 8th Aug 15 - Holiday in Porto Pollensa, Majorca
Flew to Palma for holiday in a villa at Porto Pollensa with the Big & Little Devlins and a visit from Sarah
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| Pool at Villa Alfa. About 100 yds from the beach |
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| The nearest part of the beach to us |
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| Swimming to the 'Wobsticle' thingy on the beach |
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| On Tuesday we drove to Soller and then on through the Tramuntana mountains with its scary roads, views and lakes/reservoirs |
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| On Wednesday we visited John at his villa and went out to dinner with his daughter Kerry and his grandchildren Ollie, Sophie and Tabbie at Illa D'or |
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| We watched the sunset over the bay of Pollensa from our table |
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| Thursday. The start of the walk Sarah & I did from Porto Pollensa to Cala Saint Vincenc |
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| Really lovely 4 mile walk through the pass and then down to the sea the other side |
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| The several coves that lead into Cala Saint Vicenc |
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| Selfies at Cala Saint Vincenc |
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| On Friday we chartered a 50 ton sailing boat called Tina. It took us from Porto Pollensa to several little bays where we swam, dived and snorkeled. Then on to Formentor. Lunch on board. Really good! |
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| Harry |
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| We were all singing the theme tune from Titanic at this point! |
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| Teddy |
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| Tina under (red) sail |
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| Diving from Tina |
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| Frankie driving the rib |
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| We went on a fast ride in the rib to see the caves |
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| Saturday - Drive to Valldemossa and Deia. Above Frederic Chopin and George Sands |
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| Bottles in the pharmacy at the monastery in Valldemossa |
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| View from the Monastery |
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| A stroll around Deia |
| FOOD! Very important part of my holiday. 'Why do you like eating sea animals so much?' asked Harry. |
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| Mixed fishes and seafood. Yummy! |
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| Sarah and a Majorcan seafood stew |
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| Sarah D with a rather large chicken kebab |