A taxing day.

It's only once a year, but this is the week when we have tax returns to submit.... those who know us know that we don't have any income, anything we do have is far short of anything we have to pay tax on, but still a return has to be filled in even though it's a nil payment.

I think Spanish officialdom  thrives on paperwork, usually in triplicate and always with an official stamp.  It can be time-consuming and usually involves waiting for a specific person, filling in forms which you have previously queued for and paid 10 or 20 cents for........but today was different, one sheet of paper, in and out under 10 minutes.  

The plus side is a day out, lunch out, a bit of retail therapy - usually more food than clothing though.   You know what they say, a change is as good as a rest.

The sun shone - 24° - the sky was the blue it's supposed to be, the sea was calm and an amazing deep blue.  We stopped on the way home and John took a few photos near Castell de Ferro .....