Birth of the pool

Yesterday the contractors arrived to start construction of the swimming pool, all paperwork is in place so excavation begins, access is difficult so a small digger arrived and squeezed through the gap between the house and the wall, the alternative was to knock down the wall, instead there was a justchip taken out the corner of the house, Quin says 15 minutes to fix.
surprisingly the ground is mainly sand and boulders and hard work for the digging machine, temperatures are in the mid to high 30ś and the engine of the digger keeps overheating, but at least it gives the workmen a break from the intense heat. At least the excavated ground is not having to be carted away as there was lower terrace to the garden that we are infilling.

Warming up for a swim

Weve not plucked up the courage for a swim in the sea yet, although with this bout of hot weather the sea must be warming up a bit, the swimming pool down the road is still in its winter state, brown and with plenty of floating debris, so hopefully work will soon start to get it up and running, for an early opening at the beginning of June, There is no sign yet of Pedro opening the bar in the square. Still it gives us even more to look forward to.
While we have been away the property department of CAM bank have been getting a lot of the repossession properties in the area on the market, looking at there website, apparently first they advertise at debt value plus a little extra,then reduce the price to the debt value, and finally if still not sold, interested purchasers can place a bid online. Definitely time to pick up a bargain. Also while we have been away i understand there has been a lot of new developments with the Council and the police, will update as soon as we get the latest on this.

Pool opening

Latest on the La Zenia municipal pool, finally this year the pool is being opened to cater for our needs, It is opening next Tuesday and the hours will be from 10:00 through the day to 20:00hrs, not closing for the afternoon as in previous years. It has been cleaned and refilled with water and from what we can see is ready to go. The bar in the square is now open in the evenings.

Re-Whats happening to the pool (5/3/08)

As you probably realise we are back home again, just recovered from Jetlag. 5th March i posted that that work was in place to the swimming pool area, it is completed and we now have Astro turf at the side of the pool, this will be good as the ordinary grass, was always flooding with the over active watering system or worn away to soil, i wonder how it is cleaned, do they vacuum it or does the debris sink through it. Hopefully the pool will be open again in 3 or 4 weeks for the summer.