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Day 8

Another difficulty deciding if it would be beach or pool day

which turned out to be a 'by the pool day'


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but at this point I hadn't got a good picture of the stones outside by the promenade

Now which one of these sets of stones is my temple lol, well I did give the guy a few cents for his story


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So another tuna baguette and beer, see how healthy it is to spend a day by the pool


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the rest of the afternoon was similar, leading to a good sunset, this could be my temple


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Now Delboy is always attracted to chandeliers, so tonight we are eating in the ASIA


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But Delboy wasn't trusted under the chandeliers, and was placed at the side lol


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we chose the menu B for two at 15.50€'spp


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and a large jug of sangria to wash it all down with, at 12€'s a litre


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There were two of each of three different things on the first round


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the second round was a piece of duck raked into pieces with sauce and mini pancakes


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Then a dish of sizzling prawns and a dish of chicken balls with egg rice were all brought out together, it was a filling meal


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So lets get this straight, you don't want those chandeliers cleaning for a good price lol


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End of Day 8

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Day 9 Monday

We awoke to a clear morning but the wind was howling through the patio door as I opened it


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Walking over the volcanos

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Anyway, I was back approximately at 1:30pm and Mrs Db and I decided to walk across the road to the marina


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and for me to try a burger in Blue Notes


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Mrs Db had her usual toastie


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everything was nicely cooked but for me, I still preferred Barney's burger lol


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But by about 2:30 it had clouded over and there would be no sunset


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tonight we would try Romantica's for the first time since they had moved to the promenade

House wine was 13.50€'s

I had the chicken Supreme, the sauce was nice


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and Mrs Db had the beef stroganoff


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and nice vegatables to use as we wished


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they had nice tactile blue water glasses on the tables

so another super day ended

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Day 10

It was looking the start of a nice day but a bit of a wind


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So i volunteered to do a sortie to Dorada beach to see if it could be a beach day, the sky was blue lol

And the area seemed quite sheltered


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The green flag wasn't even flapping


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It was quite pleasant here on the beach


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but this guy was flying a massive kite, which was nearly dragging him in lol


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I grabbed my camera and tried to get to the otherside of the beach with the sun behind me but his kite kept dipping and I didn't want to get in the way lol


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by the time that I got passed, it was all over, he had had enough but I got a photo of his skid marks in the beach where he struggled lol


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Lunchtime was in Barney's, where you can see the sunshine continued


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I tried the Irish stew from the tapas selection after seeing the Guarda Police eating it a day or two before lol, the beef just fell apart


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Mrs Db struck with her toastie


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The beach entertainment, not sure if prices are the same as last year


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some of the pedalos available


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The lovely afternoon continued


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and another sunset


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tonight we would go back to Lani's

I went for the pork ribs in BQ sauce


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Quite enjoyable and you get a finger bowl and told not to drink it lol


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Mrs Db had the pork chops in mushroom sauce


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They were 3 large chops but quite a bit of bone on them but very nice


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The house white in our opinion was better than the red but just our preferrance

More people were eating outside under cover but keeping our dinners hot is our choice


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and the christmas lights were going up in the marina


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End of Day 10

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Day 11

looks like a cracking blue sky out there Mrs Db


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but I was sent on a beach sortie, so it must have been a North Westerly breeze in the marina

we were also out of bath gel, so i got a bottle for 1.20 euros

The beach was fine today


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The green flag was placid against the pole


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so after a pleasant morning on the beach, yes I must have stayed there lol


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It was a beer in Barney's


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By the way, here is the menu, as the menu at the table is in a plastic frost cover and doesn't photo well


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so a toastie for Mrs Db


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and i had the burger, to shared my potatoes with Mrs DB


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so after lunch, it was back to our sunbeds


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Well for 5 minutes anyway lol, I was going to do two things

one was to look in on the Hesparia which more or less over looks the Dorada Beach


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I haven't had a look in here before


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They have a bar area


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quite a few of the rooms high up would probably get a sea view but some near the car park end wouldn't, I understand some rooms have been refurbished and that there is a two tier system in operation, so one would need to check on what facilities you have

They have made a small sand area near the promenade end for those that prefer sitting on sand


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people on mobile scooters, just be aware of these few dips in the promenade, I'm not sure how long it will take them to repair them


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Now my next task was to walk at 'power walk' pace from the marina El Mirador to the Sandos Papagayo's back entrance (on the watch) and then walk back at a more managable pace, to see how long each journey takes

at the El Mirador now


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at the back entrance to the Sandos Papagayo now and all corners on the prom were cut to achieve this, I also have split times at other points


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after a quick breather


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Now this time walking back at a more reasonable pace but still overtook several people, I guess as a pair we will walk slower than this pace but it will give you and idea of the time of the walk to the far end of the marina from Sandos Papagayo, again I has split times from other hotels along the way


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and back again to the El Mirador


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anyway, as I had to get to Mrs Db at the Dorada Beach, I continued this pace until the Princesa Yaiza


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Where their colourful hedges had been trimmed for those going out Christmas to see in full bloom


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and joining Mrs Db on the beach again


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So a nice day ended with a sunset


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tonight we are eating in Chalanita's, we didn't get a window table but it's dark by 7pm anyway, so not a lot to see really at this time of the year

There was also a big party due and a magican had been booked who was amusing


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the menu house wine was 13.50€'s a bottle


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I had the duck in fig sauce, after hearing that fig trees grown on the volcanoes which was lovely


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Mrs Db had the steak which was also enjoyable, the waiters were friendly and we enjoyed the place very much and would add it to our other restaurants to return to but the prices do creep up and it would be a one off each year


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but another lovely evening


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End of Day 11

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Day 12

Oh that wind is back Mrs Db, where has Fuerteventura gone ?


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I better check the beach, well it's a bit chilly and the green flag is flapping across the beach today so not a lot of shelter


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So Mrs Db and I decided to go for a walk, the sea looked a bit rough


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So along the town area of the promenade


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I assume the Princesa Yaiza was leaving for Fuerteventura but good luck to them lol. There was a strange fog/mist about and one couldn't see Fuerteventura at all, this turned out to be dust being carried over from the sahara


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here we are at the Punta Limones Complex the otherside of the harbour,


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Popeye's are selling large beers for 1€ from 4pm to 7pm


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so lets go inside and have a look, they have the football matches on

I think they have one big screen on the wall and two small ones over the bar


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Legend's that have Karaoke weres closed but the barmaid in Popeye's told me they are definitely open at night time, it says from 8pm till 4am


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The Eclipse Disco bar wasn't open but may be open in the evening


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around the front of the complex is a Spar shop and a Santander Bank


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The Irish Anvil still going strong


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so walking around to the Lanzarote Park and an eagle eyed Mrs Db spotted some of their sunbeds did not have backs that raised up, a lot did have but in the summer you could find yourself with one that didn't


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going down to Flamingo beach and I think it was more sheltered from the wind


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People are sunbathing on the beach, notice the mist is still there


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over a year now and no sunbeds available here, which is something to consider, if you are elderly and struggle to lay on a beach

at the end of Flamingo beach there are a lot of stones


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Then for us it was a walk back to town, notice the mist


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where we stopped at the Playa Blanca tipico bar on the promenade


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we had large Estrella damm beers


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and omelettes, quite pleasant sitting on the front


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No sunset this evening due to mist and cloud and we were going back to Cervantes

I was having the T-bone which was nice last year


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and equally as good this year lol


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and Mrs Db had the fillet steak in pepper sauce


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the steaks have always been excellent


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end of Day 12

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Day 13


Fuerteventura was still missing

but nice enough to have breakfast on the balcony


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and it was going to be a beach day


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but i'm popping down to the harbour


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what am i doing here, well I'm going to do a 'fast walk' to the Rubicon Palace to see how quickly I can walk it


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but what's that statue down the prom a bit ?, not noticed that there before


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It's a man not likened to anybody but is dedicated to the Lanzarote ancestors who struggled, many illiterate and trying to bring up and educate their children giving them the standard they have today

anyway the start of the fast walk


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and at the Rubicon Palace


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and the start time after a drink of water lol


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unfortunately, I used 3 pairs of people as pacemakers walking with purpose, who were overtaking other people but here is the time back, I would guess 45 minutes to the heart of the restaurants for most as it was 43 minutes for me at the town beach on this walk


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so after that pointless exercise, it was back to Mrs Db


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and it was lunchtime at Barney's

no this isn't my burger, it's Mrs Db's, I was going to have something more healthy lol


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do you do breakfasts at lunchtime ?, I asked the owner, "Yes", he replied. I have the medium one then please


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by 2:30 it had clouded over and wasn't worth sitting on a chilly beach for the afternoon


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so we headed for the apartments to be greeted by Paco the entertainments guy, Hello Mr Delboy, we are having a billards competition this afternoon, have you played before?. "No, I played a few games of snooker in the past"

well it's an easy game, you should do well lol, he replied well the balls fluked in for me and I beat Paco and another guy


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more guys joined in and it became pairs and then killer and I even thought for a moment I could miss the sunset here in the mist but just grabbed what there was of it

No we weren't going to have a mexican meal tonight


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we would eat in the Volcan de Timanfaya for the last time but they surprisingly had their covers down and everybody was inside


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I went for the baby roast lamb

which was massive, i would have liked some mint sauce with it but mrs Db said they probably didn't have that out here, so it was my fault if they did, as I didn't ask lol


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Mrs Db had her mixed kebab again, which she had enjoyed here before


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another day gone and only one left

end of day 13

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Day 14

Well it was Saturday our last full day and Fuerteventura was still missing and it didn't look like a beach day


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after breakfast, I said to Mrs Db I might pop over to the market and see if I can buy the knight for 25€s but was not going to pay 30€'s, so I gathered all the remaining bread that we no longer required (no not money in slang, bread to feed the fish)


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and then with the experience of a 1000 "Bargain Hunt" and "Put your money where you mouth is" shows, I headed for the market


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"What's your bottom price on the Knight", I asked, "sorry Delboy, 30€'s is our bottom price",
"Well last year it was only 25€'s", I replied. "That was a different make, "I'll tell you what, I'll split the difference 28€'s and that it ", said the stall holder.

Oh well I replied I only have a luggage weight of 15kg this year anyway, perhaps next year then


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anyway, returning to Mrs Db the weather wasn't looking to good


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So we decided to go for a walk to the town, Mrs Db wanted to buy some new coloured cases straps, as ours were worn, however, walking the promenade on market day was like being a salmon, trying to get up river lol


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Anyway we wanted to go to the high street and walked through the front entrance way to the Princesa Yaiza


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and noticed they had made a little village scene, nothing spectacular but may be of interest


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and just as I had convinced Mrs Db that we needed old gold and black coloured straps like the Wolves team, because nobody else would have those colours, it had started to rain


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once it had stopped, we made our way down to the harbour


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and popped into Tourist Ticket, to tell Bettini that I had enjoyed the the volcanoes walk


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Lunch was a beer and a club sandwich in the La Gondola


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and on the way back, I looked at the prices of the gym, as I thinking I was going to need one back home


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but no last sunset for us tonight


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and where would our last night be, yes in Cervantes.

it was chilly and everyone was inside the back part

Where I had the chicken, (as a friend had said, the chicken was also good), and yes it was


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Mrs Db had the steak in mustard sauce, which was also good


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whilst somebody elses flambe was keeping me warm


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oh dear, we are naughty but this is our last night


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End of Day 14

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Day 15

we were going home and it was a nice morning with a chill to it but Fuerteventura had returned again


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we had a little walk around the marina until 9am when Lani's opened


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where we had the English breakfast


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Then that bit comes around that you don't look forward to


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16-19 were the bag drop queues, whilst 14-15 were for others that hadn't booked online boarding


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we were quicker through than those that hadn't done it on line, as I had a person as a 'marker' in the other queue

I think we took 25 minutes and once through, there was a new duty free shop that had a few offers on, the L&B cigarette were two packs for 44€'s and the amber tobacco was 45€'s reduced from 54€'s but we don't smoke

so one of the first on the plane


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and more or less taking off on time


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Mrs Db had given me her window seat lol


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but it was goodbye to Lanzarote for another year lol


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Like all holiday and house hunting programmes they nearly always have a summary end.

Well you may be wondering what happened with the knight, well after careful consideration and agreement in favour of Delboy, the stall holder said it was mine, which I happily accepted (anyway, I think the stall holder was still happy too) lol

and now the knight guards my favour bottle of red and reminds us of Lanzarote for another year.


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Hope you have enjoy the Delboy's virtual holiday