Bayous to Beaches Oct 19. Day 21. Can we cram any more in the cases? Ellenton and Dunedin

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Monday 21 October

Yesterday is HERE

The weather was set to be not so good today - we had woken up to cloudy skies and the forecast was promising that rain would be around today but better days ahead the rest of the week

We decided to have a lazy morning - which translated to me doing a bit more packing while we watched tv and sorting out just one case for us to use the last few days. We kept an eye on the weather and the storm clouds rolled in mid morning and it got very windy.

As there was no prospect of beach time we thought that a trip to Ellenton would be a good idea after a stop at Perkins

We wanted to use the vouchers they gave us.

I went for these crispers as well

I had the pancakes to go so my plate looked a bit feeble

But they were breakfast the next day

Our bill ended up as $20 ish after deducting the vouchers

We finally headed for Ellenton at 1230 and were parking up just 45minutes after leaving Clearwater.

It was as always very quiet - like really quiet - so we had a good few hours nosing around and picking up some final bargains.

I was going to post the haul in a second post but that all feels a bit pointless in the current circumstances . I got quite a bit of stuff and remain living proof that it is indeed not possible to over purchase striped clothing

I was most pleased with this backpack ... for $40

We had a quick coffee stop in Starbucks where I considered the moon cheese but decided against it.

We had finished by 4 and thought it would be nice to take a detour to Dunedin on the way back. It’s a lovely place but our last visit here in 2018 had not ended well and I had vowed never to come back.

It seemed the odds were against us as the traffic was bad - stop start the whole way and we were tempted to give u but it didnt seem to be any better going in the other direction so we kept going.

We must have come in by a roundabout route because` it didn’t t look anything like our memories of it and we didnt think it looked very nice at all until we were suddenly at the marina and the Olde Bay Cafe

No cocktails on the menu so a glass of rose for me

Cod tacos for Andy and a slightly crispy quesadilla for me

It was ok.
It was the view that was amazing ...

And the apple pie dessert

I left feeling we had dealt with last years demons !

We did have a chuckle as we drove back via the road that we had set off on last year in a bit of a strop

We had some of the wine and ciders that we had brought with us from the villa .. time is running out to consume it all

The next day is HERE