The observation site had been sought for by Smith ever since arriving in this part of the country. They were rare and required that he be in position prior to his quarry that usually arrived early morning. He had chosen a shaded corner in case he was spotted and approached for help out of the tragic entanglement.

He switched on the recorder to catch the frantic call of the male of the species “Ham y Huevous” on discovering the café did not do full English., To his credit the male had attempted to enter into the spirit of the holiday whereas the female of the species having repeated the request many times with ever increasing volume sank back with the comment “I’ve been coming here for 20 years. You’ d think they would understand beans on toast by now”. Sr Smith switched of his recorder satisfied he could now satisfactorily complete the somewhat pithy article to the Torrevieja Times