Tenerife...Here We Come!

It's almost my birthday which, in recent years, means jumping on a plane and flying somewhere warmer than the UK and, for the third year running, we're off to Puerto de la Cruz in North Tenerife.

Puerto isn't a purpose-built resort, it's a bustling Canarian city which has been attracting foreign visitors for centuries. We usually stay for four nights but this time it was cheaper to fly out for five.... a whole extra day to explore or maybe just to sit in the old town with a bottle of wine watching the world go by.

The year-round temperature never drops below 17°C or exceeds 29°C, most welcome after the UK's wettest Autumn on record.

I'm taking two maxi dresses, a skirt and three wrap tops.

In addition to one of the dresses and wrap tops, I'll also be travelling in my suede cowboy boots, thermals, gloves, woolly hat and my Rawhide suede coat, all of which can be scrunched up and stuffed in my bag once I'm at the airport. 

In addition to my clothes I'm taking a bikini, a sports towel, my prescription sunglasses and glasses, my Kobo & my purse. Not pictured is my phone and knickers & socks.

 

Minimal (for me!) jewellery which I'll put on after I've passed through security.

Hair stuff!

Make-up....

The toiletries gon in my bag, the chargers, teabags and a fold-up umbrella* go in Jon's. 

* We're up in the mountains, the odd shower isn't unusual.

I cannot wait to have my annual swim in Lago Martinez, the uber cool Modernist lido designed by Canarian artist, César Manrique. 

I'll leave you with this year's birthday present to myself ('cos when you're a grown-up, that's what you do!) this secondhand Naked Generation "Daphne" dress which I've been stalking ever since I saw 

Nikki's back in 2022 (HERE). As my Grandma always said, If you wait for something long enough, you'll eventually find it secondhand. 

Thank you, Vinted! 

Thanks for reading, I'll see you when I'm 59!