May Bank Holiday

Simon is back and the ash has settled … or so we’d thought. Just as I am planning a work trip to the UK the volcano is spluttering again, and I could be forced to follow the ferry/train/bus route.

In the meantime we have just had a lovely bank holiday weekend with my aunt Jane and cousin Lucy, visiting us from the UK. They travelled on what must have been nearly the last Ryanair flight in and out of Granada. (Not because of the volcano, but because of a fallout over local subsidies). Very sad because it’s been really convenient.

Lucy was patient as she modeled the tester garments for the Spa hotel I am designing for at the moment. Needs-must have led to a makeshift studio being assembled on the kitchen table and using wallpaper as a substitute for pattern card!

The sun was shining and lovely Ana, our Spanish teacher, invited us all to a very relaxed birthday barbecue. There was plenty to keep the children occupied and it was a great opportunity to practice our Spanish with her ‘easy to understand’ friends from Madrid.

We also visited Kitty Shepherd in her studio in a village even more remote than us, for tea, cake and a preview of her wonderful ceramics before she exhibits in Sussex this weekend.