Lanzarote - Costa Calero

To Lanzarote and the Costa Calera hotel at Puerto Calero, booked with BA using Avios. 

The hotel is just 15 minutes by taxi from the airport. This was the second time we'd stayed at the hotel. We had a Superior Sea View room Fully Inclusive.

This was the view from our patio: the sea is a silver glimmer through the trees.

Mornings we walked down and sat on a bench overlooking the marina boatyard.

Boats would enter a dock

so the lowered slings could slowly winch up the boat above the dock's surface

then the sling cradle drives to carry the boat into the yard.

Returning we sometimes saw the Yellow Submarine take tourists out for a tour of the sea bed.

as soon as it clears the marina entrance it dives.

Afternoons we'd walk along the path to marina entrance to watch boats and swimmers.

Sometimes the yachting school would be launching boat from the slipway.

We were on fully inclusive. All meals were buffets. I was impressed by the range of condiments. The were four different Extra Virgin Olive Oils and seven different vinegars. They even had HP - sauce of the Gods.

Before dinner was Cava time.

Outside the dining room was a Santa scene, but Santa had an unexpected companion. 

Coming out from dinner one evening a neighbouring property put on a spectacular firework display.

On BA2705 from Lanzarote to LGW Thursday 21 Dec. Take off at 13:15 which meant we missed lunch and because of keyboard error we are in Economy which means no food. So we’d taken a bread roll from the breakfast buffet and filled it with bacon (me) cheese (Joan).

But gasping for a glass of wine (hotel had self pour bottles at lunch). Choice was one red/white/pink; 125ml in a can for £6 or 125ml Freixenet Prosecco at £8.

Went for red:

Not bad, good flavour; but harder to open can than screwtop and one cannot close it to prevent remainder spilling if knocked or in turbulence.

And talking of turbulence: we came to land on time but strong gusts meant plane was lurching from side to side and wings were rocking up and down. Almost on runway when huge surge of power boosted us into sky and landing was aborted. Stewardess drily announced that we’d probably noticed the pilot had decided we’d like another tour over the Surrey countryside. Landed on second attempt 30 minutes later to deserved round of applause from passengers.

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Not bad, good flavour; but harder to open can than screwtop and one cannot close it to prevent remainder spilling if knocked or in turbulence.

And talking of turbulence: we came to land on time but strong gusts meant plane was lurching from side to side and wings were rocking up and down. Almost on runway when huge surge of power boosted us into sky and landing was aborted. Stewardess drily announced that we’d probably noticed the pilot had decided we’d like another tour over the Surrey countryside. Landed on second attempt 30 minutes later to deserved round of applause from passengers.