{"id":14496,"date":"2026-10-03T09:31:34","date_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14496"},"modified":"2026-10-03T09:31:34","modified_gmt":"2026-10-03T09:31:34","slug":"a-room-with-a-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/?p=14496","title":{"rendered":"A room with a view"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We&#8217;ve had a busy September with our renovations in Shrewsbury. The electricians are finished, the new floor is down in the hallway and our new washer-drier is installed. Next week we have a new cooker hood and hob to be installed, along with a replacement fridge-freezer which hopefully won\u2019t freeze our salad like the existing one does. We have a gap in our calendar of just a few days, so yesterday we boarded a plane at Birmingham and flew down to Majorca.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our hotel is in Port de S\u00f3ller, and we&#8217;re right on the seafront.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1571.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1316\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1571.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14493\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1571.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1571-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1571-1024x674.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1571-768x505.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1571-1536x1011.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1571-456x300.jpg 456w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a nice little village on the north-west coast. We got here quite early yesterday thanks to a speedy taxi driver finding a way around the traffic jams, so we had plenty of time to stock up on life\u2019s little essentials (as much wine as we could carry)  before we headed out for dinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_2241.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1535\" height=\"1138\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_2241.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-14495\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_2241.jpg 1535w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_2241-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_2241-1024x759.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_2241-768x569.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_2241-405x300.jpg 405w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1535px) 100vw, 1535px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Our paella was lovely, and we made our way back to the hotel After dark the view of the harbour is still spectacular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1573.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1346\" src=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1573.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14494\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1573.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1573-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1573-1024x689.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1573-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1573-1536x1034.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/mikeeasley.co.uk\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/img_1573-446x300.jpg 446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve had a busy September with our renovations in Shrewsbury. The electricians are finished, the new floor is down in the hallway and our new washer-drier is installed. 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