I knew it was hot....

I knew  our thermometer couldn't be that wrong although you do wonder if it's so sheltered that the heat is trapped,    but this is Spain as at 5pm today....

So back to yesterday.  The pool was filling nicely,  some of the water - only the overflow from the fuente,   there is so much running that we didn't need to open the deposito tap -  some of it we sent round our top land and while John was tiling those awkward bits under the bathroom sink,  I  started to rake clear the water channels.

At about 6pm, the water flow got slower and slower so we stopped filling and shut the taps.  Later it stopped altogether and when  I took the dogs for their evening walk noticed that the deposito water had been used by someone else, hence the lack of overflow.  At this time of year  no-one really is worried who uses what on which day but during the main watering season, which can't be far off, woe betide any one who uses water if it's not their designated day!

It all started overflowing again in the night so first thing this morning - 7.30 - we restarted the filling process.  All done by 11am.  From then till 4pm we've had the water all going to the top terraces,   a lot of it  has been dug, weeded, watered and all tanks filled up. 

After 5 hours in total of raking, weeding, watering, pulling out wild sweet peas that look pretty but are smothering the strawberry beds,  I was feeling a bit hot and grotty.  But  how inviting the pool looked - and yes I took the plunge.  Well, not really a plunge, more a slow entrance down the steps and did 20 widths by which  time I felt very refreshed.