St Valentines Day Bowling

Good morning

Yesterday was St Valentines Day So we wore red bowling. Our team won 2 of our 3 games but did not win the tournament. The pictures show we wore red but more importantly they show what a beautiful day it was.

Last night we went to the Italian restaurant we went to last year a couple of times. It closes during the winter and only opened last night. The dinner was very good, but they had no shrimp on the menu so Trish and I had chicken pasta and Kelly had a salad.

Lawn Bowling with Alex Marshall

Alex Marshall came to say hello on Tuesday. I have copies from Wikipedia the following information.

"He is a record breaking six-time World Indoor Singles Champion. He has six World Indoor Pairs titles to his credit (four Men's Pairs and two Mixed Pairs). Marshall has won six World Outdoor Championship Gold medals (Pairs in 1992, 2000 and 2012, Fours in 1992, and Team in 1992, 1996 and 2004)."

He did not actually Bowl but went around giving some advice but generally just being friendly and very accommodating. Our team won so I guess he felt we did not need any advice.

On Tuesday there was a group of Bowlers played with us. They had come from Scotland to The Algarve for a week of bowling. I am going to bowl with them this afternoon. They are recognizable in their blue shirts.

This is what almost every day looks like

Not a particularly good picture but I am in it.

Myself with Alex

Monday Golfing in Spain

On Monday I went golfing in Spain. Before we went to Huelva I had to phone KingMasters Car Rental and add 30 euros for insurance in Spain. I phone them using whatsapp.

Now back to the golf. Mary Austin asked her friend to ask her husband about golf at Costa Esuri, Which is now Valle Guadiana Links having been taken over by Isla Canela the course in Ayamonte.

It turned out they had a roll up on Friday and Monday. On the way back from Huelva we took a detour and I signed up. I was placed with two Brits and an Irishman. Bob. David and Derick were quite good players, about the same as the players in Fripp. I had 3 or 4 pars but player very poorly. My drives were pretty good but the rest of the game failed me. It was a wonderfully hot and sunny day. Our team got 80 points using the quota system or what the British call Stableford. The winning team had 83, not too bad.

Before leaving I signed up for next Monday.

For lunch we had an English Roast

On Sunday morning I went bowling. When I got back Trish and Kelly wanted to go for lunch. On the way to Cabanas I saw the Sean's car was at the side of the road with Sean and his wife looking at it. It had stalled and they had already called for service. I asked if I could help, but the said they were fine.

Sean ask where we were headed and I told them for lunch. He said that his favourite restaurant Porto de Mare was closed on Sundays but we should go to John's which had a very nice roast. We went and did have a good lunch. Trish and I had Lamb and Kelly had Chicken. We all had chocolate moose for desert.

Here are some pictures. By the way it was another beautiful day.

Igreja de Santiago

I had trouble finding definite information concerning the church I went to last night in Tavira. It is called Igreja de Santiago. I finally got the following information from a tourist website entitled 

https://www.visitalgarve.pt/en/549/igreja-matriz-de-santigo-santiago-main-church.aspx

The site says the church was built in the second half to the 13th century and updated in the 15th and 16th centuries. After the earthquake of 1755 the outside was fixed up. I took some pictures and if you go to the website above you will see better ones.

By the way the weather today is a little cooler but very sunny.

This altar was just beside where I was sitting.