Walls & Front Door

Friday 9^th February

A lovely sunny day @ approx 18 C. No-one appeared today, and we spent day paint stripping the front door. I went to the Ferreteria first thing….well about 9.30 to buy quita pintura (paint stripper), a gel that one applies to each coat. Also popped to the punto limpio (tip) to dispose of recyclables.

The traditional steel doors, painted in a sort of Coleman’s English mustard colour, which is the standard colour, proved very difficult to remove, as they had quite a few coats applied over the years.

A passing English chap who lives just up the road, told us that the street is the oldest street in the town., which confirmed what we thought, that the house is very old indeed.

We popped out for lunch about 1 pm for bocadillo mixto (viena & pitufo)(large and small) and after, I drove to the Ferreteria for more quita pintura. The old lady at no 43 came over to show photos of her great grand-daughter born 2 days ago, and also dropped some oranges and lemons with J whilst I was out. We continued working all afternoon until about 6.30pm, interrupted only by a visit from Tommy who stayed for nearly 2 hours chatting.