title Five Days in Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain - 24th October 2021 intro Isobel sorts out a holiday in Lanzarote as Noddy and Da Gorls are also out there for a week. However, they have the luxury of not having to go in school half term, so Isobel heads out five days before in order to hang out with them for a while. Nosher and the boys head over in due course and just catch Noddy and Jilly for a half hour. After that, we head to the nearby Playa de los Pocillos beach, try out scooters and scoot around down to "the strip" and over to the end of the runway, find lots of tapas and even do a sunrise swim in the sea. imgp0072 Harry and Fred in the car park imgp0074 Fred looks around as Harry queues up imgp0075 The food court at Stansted Mountfitchet services imgp0078 The boys eat tea standing up imgp0079 Harry and Fred prepare for an early night imgp0079_01 We head off out of the Blue Zone car park at 5am imgp0081 A long covered walkway to the airport imgp0082 The boys gravitate to the Hanley's shop imgp0084 Harry's a bit meh, on account of the early start imgp0088 The boys on the train to the gate imgp0092 Hanging around at Gate 39 imgp0094 Harry and Fred imgp0095 More waiting around imgp0096 Our plane awaits on the apron imgp0097 Fred becomes a plane imgp0098 The sun rises imgp0099 Fred's packet of crisps has inflated imgp0100 The crisps are opened imgp0104 We're finally on the ground at Lanzarote imgp0106 Harry's laces have unravelled again imgp0212 A first view from the apartment imgp0214 Isobel on the balcony imgp0218 Harry and Isobel wander up the road imgp0220 Fred looks for some flip flops imgp0224 We get some Patatas Canarias in imgp0225 Fred and Harry have got some ludicrous lollipops imgp0227 The tapas bar next-door-but-one from the apartment imgp0231 Someone's got a whole trolley full of water imgp0233 An "emotional training" massage parlour imgp0234 Walking back to the apartment block imgp0237 White-block building imgp0239 Fred roams around by the pool imgp0241 Noddy appears briefly imgp0242 Noddy and Jilly head off to catch their flight imgp0248 A lifeguard hut on the Playa de los Pocillos imgp0253 Harry draws with his feet in the sand imgp0254 Harry does more foot-writing imgp0260 A water bottle stuck into a palm tree imgp0269 The sun sets over the Spar imgp0274 Harry has a snooze on Isobel imgp0277 Che Guevara on a lamp post imgp0278 Harry waves a palm frond around on the beach imgp0284 Isobel goes for a swim as the boys paddle imgp0286 Harry legs it out of the sea imgp0293 We look back at the sunrise imgp0296 Fred gets sand washed off his feet imgp0299 We try out the canteen breakfast for the first time imgp0302 Prickly-pear cactus imgp0303 Some sort of shop unit imgp0305 A sign to our "aparthotel" imgp0307 Fred tries a scooter for the first time imgp0309 Fred and Isobel on the Avenida Maratima imgp0310 We visit a tourist tat shop imgp0312 Derelict shop units imgp0315 The Temple Bar - one of many "Irish" pubs imgp0316 Collared doves explode into the air imgp0320 The resident grey cat at Playa Chica imgp0323 Harry stomps up the beach at Playa Chica imgp0327 Isobel shakes sand out of a new blanket imgp0328 There's a rock with MOPU on it imgp0331 A dive training RIB heads out imgp0334 A boy hurls himself off the pier imgp0336 Wall art near Lomo Alto imgp0342 We find a tapas bar in Puerto del Carmen imgp0343 Our fancy tapas arrives imgp0359 The fancy restaurant imgp0362 An actually old building imgp0363 Harry and Isobel in front of an old church imgp0365 A mad jumble of building rubbish in a shop imgp0366 Down at Puerto del Carmen imgp0367 Cool football-like cacti imgp0369 We visit the artesanal ice-cream shop imgp0386 There's a cool bird in a nearby tree imgp0418 We walk down the coast to "The Strip" imgp0419 There's a derelict crazy golf course on the way imgp0420 More derelict Mini Golf imgp0422 Fred and Isobel in an Italian restaurant imgp0424 The Costa Mar Strip at night imgp0425 Fred and Harry look at flying models imgp0427 Another Spar is busy at night imgp0429 The long walk back to the apartment imgp0431 The pool is quiet in the morning imgp0449 There's a parrot in our tree imgp0461 Fred feeds the parrot a flower petal imgp0465 Isobel gets nibbled by the parrot's powerful beak imgp0473 Beady parrot eye imgp0478 We find more scooters to hire imgp0480 O'Shea's bin is actually on fire imgp0483 Fred scoots around near the beach imgp0484 Harry and Fred imgp0488 The pre-runway lights are actually in the sea imgp0491 A plane comes in low imgp0497 An army cargo plane comes in to land imgp0498 There's a small crowd at the end of the runway imgp0501 Isobel and the scooters imgp0505 An EasyJet 737 and some graffiti on the beach imgp0508 It's a bit noisy for taking phone calls imgp0512 One of Lanzarote's 109 volcanoes imgp0514 A funky sculpture on the promenade imgp0515 Harry buys another thing imgp0516 Fred roams around looking for trinkets imgp0519 The boys play with their stash of entertainment imgp0523 The Sirocco Steak House Pizzeria imgp0525 A self-propelled four-seat rickshaw goes by imgp0530 A view of the beach from a volcano-rock tower imgp0532 The lava-rock tower on the beach imgp0533 An empty shop unit/greenhouse imgp0534 Another empty shop with a load of hat stands imgp0536 Mini cactus fridge magnets imgp0538 The best "pirces" in town imgp0542 The boys get strawberry milkshakes imgp0545 There's a cool sand sculpture on Los Pocillos imgp0548 The Hotel California album cover imgp0553 A passenger plane gets a close military escort imgp0555 The Spar supermarket, open to the street imgp0559 We have some tapas and piña coladas for tea imgp0563 We head back to the apartment block imgp0564 A donkey and cactus ride