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Autumn in Costa Blanca is cool at night at amazingly hot during the day, there is always time to find a nice quiet cool place to read the latest edition of Out and About magazine which is all about what's going on locally with restaurants, bars, and entertainment. During autumn you can enjoy so much without having to worry too much about the heat and that's why we see more visitors from the UK and Norway than any other time of year.
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ANNE RODGER OCTOBER 2021 | 41<br />
sure what to do. I didn’t know the expression<br />
“stood up” so just kept on waiting. Then<br />
he arrived in a battered old MG, which<br />
had apparently refused to start. He seemed<br />
quite unaware of how late he was - and how<br />
gauche and tongue-tied I was.<br />
He took me to the Bar in the Clumber Park<br />
Hotel and bought me ‘Bitter Lemon’ to drink<br />
as I had never tasted alcohol. He was 25<br />
and seemed to have had an exciting life. He<br />
had been in the Royal Air Force and spent 2<br />
years in Iraq. I was 19 and never been further<br />
than Butlins Holiday Camp. He talked of his<br />
holidays in Cyprus, then living in London<br />
working for a Tea Company. He loved live<br />
theatre and talked about the Art World which<br />
fascinated him. “I’m into photography”<br />
he said. “Next time I’ll bring along the<br />
transparencies I’ve just had developed, and<br />
show them to you.” My heart flipped with<br />
the realization that he wanted to see me<br />
again.<br />
That was it. I was in love. My life would<br />
never be the same again.<br />
It was many years before he told me that<br />
he was late for our first date was because<br />
he was seeking out the mates he had been<br />
with on that Saturday evening, to ask if they<br />
could remember what “the bird” was like<br />
that he was with. He had only got as far as<br />
“brunette” and “not very tall” so desperately<br />
hoped that there was only one short brunette<br />
at the college gate on that fateful Thursday<br />
evening.<br />
They say opposites attract. But there is<br />
no logic to falling in love. He was totally<br />
unsuitable but totally gorgeous and no-one<br />
could ever tell me anything different.<br />
I rode the Roller Coaster of his years<br />
out of work, his serial infidelities, and the<br />
unhappiness he would bring me.<br />
After 20 years of marriage, I finally<br />
divorced him. Only to spend 6 years on my<br />
own, and then marry him again. But I’ll tell<br />
you about that another time.<br />
“On Being Blonde”<br />
And she was fair as the Rose in May.<br />
About her hair, what more to say?<br />
So fair and blonde - most time is true<br />
Till 6 weeks gone and the roots show<br />
through.<br />
Then our May Rose begins to frown<br />
At more expense to conceal the brown.<br />
Her image must be as it was in May<br />
No-other will know when the brown becomes<br />
grey<br />
For she’ll remain blonde<br />
For blondes have more fun<br />
And that’s what she’ll do in the<br />
years to come.
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