Emergency????

When we returned from our amazing trip to see the cormorant fisherman the receptionist at the hotel said there had been a phone call from England. A lady had called and the receptionist had apparently asked her to call us back at 10pm.  Not the best thing as it was now about 9.30 and we were worried about what it could be and waiting for another 30 minutes would be a nightmare. 

No one in their right mind wold call us at this time of night unless there was an emergency! Would they?

So I called Charlie who was in Minorca. All well there and they are having a great time – I promised to call back when I found out the problem

Then I called Cath who was at home. All well there and they were having a great time as it is half term - I promised to call back when I found out the problem

Then after some discussion with the receptionist we thought she was saying it was Tones wife! Well as he was with his wife we thought it might be Paula his ex-wife and were really concerned then.

Now you might wonder why we did not just wait for the return call but if you were in our situation you might have worried.  We were a LONG way from home and also a long way from anywhere in terms of getting home if there was a real emergency and my mind was running through all the options with wild abandon!  Tone was just thinking!

Some clear thinking at last prevailed and the receptionist said “I have the number if you like!!!!”

It was the last call she had received and was on her phone!

It was Lara, Tones middle daughter. I called her with some trepidation only to find that she was working from home. She was reading the blog and she wondered if we were having a good time! She has our itinerary so she phoned the hotel to ask us!

So, no emergency at all just one lovely girl wanting a chat with her daddy!

But of course we then needed to call Charlie and Cath back and what with one thing and another we needed a drink once we had done this.

Oddly enough, after the lack of affordable wine for weeks,  the Li River Retreat has a short but decent wine list at good prices so we bought a bottle of chilled white and took it up to our room and sat on our terrace watching the lights appear amongst the peaks and thinking once again how lucky we are.