An Update to my "final" Blog

I have had time to reflect on my decision to stop the Blog and have decided it is for the best but only for the time being. However, I do need to communicate to my little "Blog Community" how things are going and what has happened since the two robberies. To be honest its not been good despite the best efforts of our landlords to reassure us and to very kindly give us a book called "The Road to San Vincente" which describes the Ibiza that we do wanted to be part of. It took us almost a week to feel safe and confident enough to leave the house even for a half an hour. We have now got lock bolts on every sliding window, the Shutters are firmly seated and I have fitted some "tricks" to make opening them from the outside just that little bit harder, even for the determined thief. Day by day we have ventured out and now started eating "Proper food" as we did not want to spend any time in a Supermarket while there was the possibility that the house was being trashed again.

I also have to thank those wonderful people who called and mailed us with support and made us feel so much better despite the pain and anger that we have experienced. Well, I have been the angry one but V is too upset and unsettled and has not been able to get angry.

I know how difficult it is for some people who have not had this experience to understand how we feel but they too have been very supportive in other ways.

Today, for the first time since "Black Friday 13th, we ventured to Ibiza had a coffee did a little bit of shopping and then did our supermarket shop. We got back home as ever hearts in mouth not knowing what to expect but as we should have realised, nothing had happened. We MUST NOT drop our guard though and each day when we go out we go through the routine of shutting all window, shutters firmly closed, doors double locked, internal doors locked and our Webcam set for motion detection, a patrol around the house to double check, lock the front gate and off we go. On our return we dash though the gate and "storm" just to make sure.... I enter first and check inside so that V feels safe enough to go in.

We have started sunbathing again but its a bit like being on "recreation" in Pentonville with V as the warder going round locking doors as we progress to the sunbeds!

We will see how we feel in a couple of weeks..........

Once again thanks to all of you who have been so kind and supportive we will not forget your kindness and your ability to somehow make me laugh when we have spoken. And those of you who I promised to call and haven't yet, I will soon, I promise!