Chesters

We'd visited Chesters during our last visit to Benalmadena and I was keen to return in the hope the owner was still running the bar. He was a very dry character hailing from Erdington in Birmingham and his calling out of bingo numbers made me laugh that much that I still use his unique technique when reading out the lottery numbers to Shelley.

I was therefore delighted to discover not only was he still working there, it was bingo night !! He was just as funny as I remembered him to be as he went through his repertoire, 48 was a droopy fatty, 28 was a quacky fatty, 60 was a clicketty donut etc etc. The guy (we subsequently found out that his name is Roger) is hilarious.

The bar is a good one, Roger and his wife have sold it fairly recently to a very friendly Geordie couple who continue to employ Roger to do the bingo such is his popularity.

We pleased to discover that alcohol is still competitively priced on the Costa Del Sol with a pint of Estrella and a can of Stowford Press weighing in at a budget friendly €3.40 Based on this I have no reason why I am looking so glum and, more worryingly like my Dad, on this photo..

Toilets in Spain aren't always up to much and the loos in Chesters are no exception. The gents was one of the smallest I've ever been in, so much so that there wasn't enough room between the toilet bowl and the door for me to stand in, I had to approach the task as though I was riding side saddle to use a horse riding expression !!

We stopped for another two (half a quacky) before moving on to the next bar...

UPDATE 22nd May

Our hotel in Benalmadena was in a brilliant location evidenced by the fact that a curry house (the excellent Noor Mahal) is situated 250 metres from the hotel, noting there are five bars to break up the lengthy journey.

We decided to make a return trip to Chesters in order us to build up an appetite prior to our Asian cuisine.

I was delighted that Brummie Roger was part way through the twice weekly quiz night that he hosts. I ordered our drinks once again marvelling at the fact that a pint of Estrella and can of Stowford was just €3.40 and sat back knowing we'd be entertained.

True to form Roger was on fire, assisted by the fact that his long suffering wife, so often the butt of his jokes, was in the audience. They have a love/hate relationship, he loves to hate her, with the moment of the night being when asked question twenty three, which animal is affected by BSE? He looked over at his other half and gave her a telling snarl. Hilarious.