Monday 7 August

Today was a fairly relaxing day. We got up, had breakfast and then found a couple of sunbeds overlooking the sea.

Another beautiful day dawns

As it turned out, my beloved deck shoes were on their last outing today

A selection of other Barcelo hotels - there are many more to choose from

We spent the morning reading, listening to music and swimming - exactly how we planned to spend this week. In the afternoon it started to get windy so much so that umbrellas were blowing over so eventually the hotel staff took them all in. That was our cue to retreat to our room as we like the shade.

Haven't seen this one before

Garlic prawns form the Breeze pool bar aka a right rip-off. €10 for 8 prawns - and like all food at this bar, it takes ages to arrive

This was a truly sad day when the last of my two identical pairs of deck shoes finally expired or, to put it another way, the uppers separated from the soles.  As I didn't have any Superglue with me, I felt it best to say goodbye to them while in sunny Tenerife.  RIP my dear shoes.

Before dinner the maintenance man came to put a new plug in the washbasin and sort our shower door. The theme for dinner tonight was American Diner so burgers, ribs plus the usual extensive offer. We planned an early start tomorrow so had a fairly early night.

The hotel boasts that you can see Spain's highest mountain - the dormant volcano Teide - from the hotel grounds. If you look carefully you may be able to make out its conical peak to the left of the three humps in the far distance. It's 3,715 metres or 12,188 fet high. If you measure it from the ocean floor, it's 7,500 metres or 24,600 fet tall, making it the third tallest volcanic structure on Earth