The Boss’s eldest son was over for a couple of days at the weekend. The weather continued warm and sunny on Saturday and we took a long walk around Porto Colom harbour (one of Mallorca’s highlights) towards the lighthouse. We didn’t expect to find either of the two small beach bars along the route still open in early November but the first one we came to was doing a decent trade. A few people were on the beach or even in the sea. Who’d have believed it? We grabbed some beers and soaked up the sunshine for a while.
Open for business – even in November
On the beach – November 4th, 2017
Hello again, condensation
It all changed on Sunday, with heavy rain and cooler temperatures arriving during that day. Overnight temperatures have been a lot lower since and that means we find condensation running down the inside of all our thin-glass windows in the mornings. Just looking at them makes us feel colder…
Last year – tired of wiping away all the moisture with a cloth every morning – we bought a Kärcher window cleaner. It sucks the condensation away from all the windows and it’s job done in a matter of minutes. And it’s surprising how much water ends up in the built-in collection bottle. No more soggy cloths, thank goodness.
Like our wood-burning stove and dehumidifier, this nifty little hand-held gadget helps to make indoor life in an old stone Mallorcan house a little more comfortable during the cooler months.
Condensation blitzed with this handy hand-held tool
Snow?
The first few days of November were unusually warm, but it’s back to normality now. I’ve just read in the Diario de Mallorca that some snow is forecast to fall tomorrow in parts of the Serra de Tramuntana mountains (at 1,300m above sea level). This isn’t unusual for November and that frosting on the top of the highest peaks is what usually reminds me I should be starting the process of making a Christmas cake!
Although the sun is shining as I write this and the temperature is 18 degrees C in the shade, the north and northeast of Mallorca has a warning for heavy rain this evening from six o’clock, with up to 20 litres per square metre forecast to fall in an hour. I think our outdoor cats will be having an early dinner tonight…
©Jan Edwards 2017
Thanks for the vignettes from where I still think of as home…..
Aw, we miss you here on ‘la Roqueta’.
My forecast says only a few litres here in the southeast! Talking about condensation would not double glazing be a good idea? I have never had any condensation on my windows and they are all double glazing. An important factor is off course the condition of the walls and the level of humidity. I am lucky to have my house high up in our valley so the morning mist rarely rises up to it. Therefore the humidity is seldom very high.
Funnily enough it didn’t start raining here until about 9pm last night but boy did it rain! And still is. You’re lucky to have double glazing – it is the best solution. Sadly it’s not one we can afford at the moment. Some of our walls are mares stone (which soaks up the rain) and some are breezeblock. The place wasn’t really built for winter, but the replacement roof (with insulation) that we put on a few years ago, has made a big difference to our comfort.