Farewell Mallorca

The saying that all good things come to an end couldn't have been more accurate as we bade farewell to sunny / hot Mallorca and headed back to a stormy / windswept and much cooler UK !

For me the departure was more poingnant saying goodbye to my daughter Tegan and son in law Billy who' both been so incredibly generous and hospitable in showing us not only around this beautiful island but sharing with us their home, their friends and their love.

Our final day in Mallorca was a fabulous mix of sun,water, history, culture, food and you guessed it ice cream this time hand made variety from a restaurant / cafe in a 100 year old building in Old Palma.

The day started with a visit to the quaint and popular hillside village of Valdemossa. Here we walked around town and took in a cuppa in a lovely backyard cafe garden all before the heat of the day and hordes of tourists arrived.

A short winding drive on an increasingly narrow road followed to the cove side beach (if you call football sized boulders a beach) of Delia a stunning Med coloured beach with rocky outcrops and a few million dollar yachts and boats positioned to take in the stunning sea conditions.

With H and Teg leading the way like two well trained mountain goats Billy swam round the headland while I put up the drone to catch the amazing view.

Sadly en route Teg dropped her DSLR causing some pretty serious damage that will require surgery. While many things about Teg remind me of self her mild mannered temper is not one of them as I figure I would have uttered a few obscenities if it had happened to me !

Despite the "bummer" we enjoyed the incredible waters while H took guard of our belongings (he's still overcoming the trauma of trying to swim at Mt Gambier in 2017). While Teg and I wondered what was swimming beneath our feet Billy entertained us with some awesome (not that I want to encourage him) back flips into the clear water.

While Billy recovered from his afternoon theatrics Teg took us on a beautiful walk through the old section of Palma taking in some fabulous home made ice cream and the golden sunlight hour sitting outside Palmas spectacular cathedral.

After a final home cooked dinner and a few tears the following morning (mine for obvious reasons H for leaving the heat) we headed off back to the Uk for the final leg of our trip a week down in Cornwall with our great Aussie friends Viv and Linton.

As for making a final statement about his reluctance to leaver the heat of Mallorca H decided that he'd set our UK hire cars inside temp to 28c in response to our return to the mother land !