Travelling again

Just before dawn the Silver Vixen and Gorse Fox prepared for their journey. A taxi was booked for the airport run, but a minibus turned up (GF pointed out that there were but the two passengers, but the driver made some comment about "the missus" and "luggage"). GF decided to let it go without further comment (as his bag weighed the most!).

We left the sensuous, rain drenched curves of the South Coast for a brief sojourn at Gatwick before climbing aboard our transport to the volcanic acne landscape of Tenerife. The journey was brightened by several things.
Firstly, the sight of so many people pretending to be contortionists in order to fold themselves into the seats (it is widely held that Thomas Cook Airlines used Toulouse Lautrec as a model to get the spacing of their seats just right),
Secondly, we were leaving the rain behind.
Thirdly, there a film called "Flushed Away", by Aardman Animation which was one of the funniest films GF has seen in a long time.

Tenerife was covered in cloud when the travellers arrived, and by the time that they arrived at the apartment it was raining gently. We hired a car whilst awaiting the key for the apartment then finally ditched all of our stuff. By now it was early evening and the Gorse Fox was getting hungry.

We sent to the car and stepped back as a cuple of gents manouevred theirs into the parking bay next to ours. Then the Gorse Fox unlocked the rental Yaris and confidently got in, whilst conducting a polite conversation with the gents who were now leaving their car. It was at this point that he realised that security was not quite what it should be, as he turned to see that the steering wheel and controls had been stolen and refitted on the other side of the car. GF believes the phrase for such occasions is "D'oh!"

Dinner was taken at a Chinese buffet which had an interesting twist on the usual concept. Starters were the usual help-your-self selection, but the main course was quite different. For the main course you selected the fresh vegetables, the meat, prawns, or poultry that you wanted and the chef stir fried it there and then in front of you with whichever sauces you requested. Excellent meal all round.