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El Cotillo Aerodrome.
The beach has been quiet recently, at least in terms of the
surfing fraternity, the lack of wind the responsible rascal. So
it was with interest the other day that I noticed the sky over
Piedra Playa populated with another form of kites….these guys
are actually flying a motorised version, one wonders do they
need a licence? And what if they run out of gas? I thought it
interesting that they seemed to be in contact with the ground
by radio, and I was going to attempt conversation with base
camp, but I suspect it was Italian run….and bless ‘em they are
lovely but no speaka da eeengleeesh….I know, I know some
Italian instruction required…
Quite what was so attractive about the Cotillo sky on this
particular Saturday, remains a mystery. I was beginning to
think the airport was closed as there were other forms of
airborne amusement on display…. one appeared to be a tricycle
with wings…and a very small (very small) plane..
(This one was
actually a gyrocopter piloted by 2 men from the Spanish
airforce on a charity flight over the whole of Spain. Ed)
In fact the beach has had its fair share of visual diversity
recently, along with the usual assortment of flesh on display I
noticed a pooch which had climbed atop its owners car roof,
clearly to get a better view of proceedings!
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And finally, still very much on the theme of imagery, do any of
you remember the animation character Morf, and his creator Tony
Hart? Well it might just interest you to know that the former
is alive, well and living in El Cotillo. I spotted him on the
beach the other day.
Someone recently suggested to me that if it wasn’t for people
getting homesick….(homesick? what’s that?/) everyone would
ultimately arrive in Cotillo, tilting the earth on it’s
axis….and then where will we go? Even closer to the sun?
Interesting idea, and something for grumpy to groan about!
Watch out for the autumnal sunburn, talk again soon.
Surf Bum
Donald Innes is a writer and photographer,
see more of his pictures on
http://donaldinnesross-aplaceforinnes.blogspot.com
If you are interested in buying any of his pictures just
call him on 662 529580
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