The last day 😢

This morning the neighbours were quiet but the gardeners / maintenance men were out in force mowing, strimming and watering the grounds around the pool nets and fences. We couldn't work out why the grass needed watering when it's been getting a drenching every time it rains!  The sun beds and patio area beneath them were still wet when I came out this morning.  Last night we must have had our heaviest or most prolonged rain so far. It was definitely still raining quite hard at midnight because I could hear it on the bedroom window which is on the side of the building and quite sheltered.

Bernard was determined to make the most of today. He was up and ready to go in the pool before 10am!  Usually, he's the last one in.

It was surprisingly quiet as far as residents were concerned today. In contrast to yesterday when five out of the eight pools were being used simultaneously, today we were the only ones out there all morning. 

We'd had another pool cleaner round yesterday and he'd re-treated the pool.  I was delighted to see that he'd also removed the large black worm and cockroach that had been on the bottom of the pool in the deep end for a few days. I could now make use of the whole pool again :-) Ok, I know they were dead and I'm hundreds of times bigger than them but that's not the point!

Even Harrison's 'boys' went in the pool today!

After a final trip to Walmart to pick up some vegetables for dinner we were resigned to an afternoon and evening of packing up and cleaning.  Good job we didn't have any other plans because as we were eating our meal we were watching the weather report giving out warnings for 'dangerous weather'.  It didn't look that bad outside but it wasn't long before the wind whipped up and the thunderclaps started. These were quickly followed by torrential rain and a power cut! Rather frustrating when I was hoping to do some washing and put the dishwasher on.

How to block out the sound of a thunderstorm.

We were all grateful when the power came back on because the house was starting to get rather warm.

So with the packing and cleaning done, we're more or less ready to come home.