Our good friend Roger was having his funeral today in Reading and we were unable to attend due to being in USA. The family had made arrangements for a web cast so his friends from the around the world could watch and for us this was due to start at about 10.05 local time. So an early breakfast and were ready to go. we signed on and was told by Obitus.com that we were ok and connected but come the service we perhaps only viewed about 10% as the rest taken up with buffering. We have a fast connection in this rented accommodation and so I tried phoning and with auto answering, dial this for that etc and finally after three attempts I got through by which time the service was over. Were we mad!!!! An email complaint was duly sent and lest see what happens.
We therefore decided to take a drive down to the beach and Englewood about 20 minutes away and see what it was like and it was very crowded, not quite like a beach on the Costa del somewhere but busy all the same and the car parks full. So if you want to go on the beach here in the height of summer season then get there early. This actually is not a problem for us as we are not beach people and much prefer swimming pools and shaded areas than lying on the sand in the full glare of the sun with people shouting etc etc.. We then looked for somewhere to stop and have lunch and its always a good sign when a place is busy and if not there must be a reason. We did a drive along Manasota Key and used the video which we will post on the Smug mug Blog as to large for Blogger to handle.
The places near the beach were mostly full and so we said , lets go and buy a nice sandwich in the Publix supermarket and we went t a different location in a large mall and next door to the supermarket was a diner.So in we went and the place was about 80 % full and we could understand why with the size of dishes and low prices. Noel had the hot turkey on bread with mashed potato and Jennifer a soup, followed by an excellent ham and cheese sarni with fries and the whole lot came to only 20 bucks. Make a note to go back.
On the way back to the house we noticed a car wash where they do for you and as the Beemer is looking a bit grubby we will take there in the next few days, no rush we have plenty of time.
Noel then watched the Schalke vs Manchester City game with a great final result for the away team. Two or three bad decision via VAR did not help and the sending off was quite ridiculous. Thank heavens City one. We were not that hungry and a sandwich did suffice and then we took a look at some videos on you tube from camping to train rides. And so to bed.
