One of our favourite camareros (Manuel) at one of our favourite restaurants (La Montanera) took this photo of us at our anniversary lunch.

They didn't have carrot cake but this will do – tarta de galleta de la abuela. None of our grandmothers ever made anything like this!

Scene from my 7k training run today

Groundhog Day celebration in Lisboa thirteen years ago with some friends at O Magano. Pictured are Lucy, Rui and Célia. The server is one of the owners (very nice but we can't remember her name).

Lichun, or Beginning of Spring, the first of the 24 solar terms on the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on February 4 this year, ushering in the official start of spring as nature stirs back to life after winter.

Today marks the half way point of our stay in Sevilla. Unusually we have had quite a bit of rain so far, although it has been warm.

But a little rain doesn't stop the running mujer from her scheduled training run!

Lunch today at Los Cuevas, one of our new favourites. There was a table for three nearby, looked like a daughter with her elderly parents. We couldn't help but notice that the mother tucked away a significant amount of food, much of it fried.

After the plates were cleared, some brandy was served and then some desserts. And the staff suddenly were singing Feliz Cumpleaños and many in the room (including us) joined in. It was the elderly woman's birthday and after the singing her [presumed] husband held up her dessert for all to see the numbers that were embedded ... 95!

It was a nice moment 🎂

No running for me until the race on Saturday but my training plan called for a walk today. It's always a pleasure to walk along the river here.

We were joined for lunch today by my second cousin Wendy Dunning and her husband who bussed in from Tavira, Portugal for the occasion. It was great getting to know her better 🙂

Ready for tomorrow! 🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️🏃🏼‍♀️

Beautiful day for it even if it is a bit windy 🏃🏼‍♀️

There were 1751 runners in total ... 785 were women and 80 of them finished behind Susan. She was one of the ten oldest women to participate!

Part of today's marathon. These runners are about a kilometre from the finish and had been running for approximately 3½ hours at this point.

The winner crossed the line in 2:03 ... photo finish!