| HiDeHo April 2 They seem to have had a busy day on May 3..... Gerry played tennis in morning with Jes Wilkins..Jes and Gerry were playing on the next court.(Bridget O'Donnell) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Kate and Gerry chatted by the pool with Bridget O'Donnell etcAfterwards, we sat by the pool and Gerry and Kate talked enthusiastically to the tennis coach about the following day's tournament. We watched them idly - they had a lot of time for people, they listened. Then Gerry stood up and began showing Kate his new tennis stroke. She looked at him and smiled. "You wouldn't be interested if I talked about my tennis like that," Jes said to me. We watched them some more. Kate was calm, still, quietly beautiful; Gerry was confident, proud, silly, strong. She watched his boyish demonstration with great seriousness and patience. That was the last time I saw them that day. Jes saw Gerry that night. (Bridget O'Donnell) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~They spent the morning having a picnic on the beachhttp://groups.msn.com/madeleinemccann/j ... l_topics=1At 2:29pm Madeleine has just returned from a family picnic by the beach when this snapshot is taken of her by the pool.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~The children were at the creche..Earlier that day there had been tennis lessons for the children, with some of the parents watching proudly as their girls ran across the court chasing tennis b*lls. They took photos. Madeleine must have been there, but I couldn't distinguish her from the others. They all looked the same - all blonde, all pink and pretty. Bridget O'Donnell) http://groups.msn.com/madeleinemccann/j ... l_topics=1John McCann: Bedtime was all about getting bath, settled for bed, put to bed with -- after their story. The cuddly toys.
Three-year old Madeleine -- days away from her birthday -- had spent the day by the pool and playing in the child-care center.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gerry had achilles and didn't play tennishttp://groups.msn.com/madeleinemccann/j ... l_topics=1Gerry had knocked up at the start of the 4.30pm tennis-drills session, but had decided not to exacerbate an injury to his Achilles tendon, so had dropped out and waited around by the courts until the children came back from the kids�?clubs at 5pm for tea. That had been one of the most enjoyable times of the holiday, all the children together for tea, then the adults playing with them afterwards.
Gerry was in his apartment at 7pm, had a glass of water, then a beer, while the children sat with Kate on the couch having stories with a snack. The children were clearly shattered �?the last thing any of them needed was a sedative and, anyway, it was not something the McCanns ever did. They put them to bed after a last story. The twins were asleep virtually the moment they lay down, Madeleine not far behind them. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gerry played tennis and asked DP to check on KateMay 3 had a been a day out of the tourist brochures: a family picnic for the McCanns at the beach, Gerry had played tennis in the afternoon, and by 6:00pm at the ocean club, the mostly British guests were getting ready for the evening.
They sat by the pool with the children at lunchtime and took the last picture.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Gerry went to store and picked up New Zealand winehttp://groups.msn.com/madeleinemccann/j ... l_topics=1That evening, Thursday, May 3, at just after 8pm, by their account, Kate and Gerry McCann were having a glass of wine together in apartment 5a on the ground floor of Block 5 of the Waterside Village Gardens at the Ocean Club. Their three children were asleep in the front bedroom overlooking the car park and, beyond it, the street. Madeleine was in the single bed nearest the door. There was an empty bed against the opposite wall, beneath the window. Between the two beds were two travel cots containing the twins: Sean and Amelie. Gerry had bought the wine at the Baptista supermarket, 200 yards down the hill. They had lived and worked in New Zealand for a year and that particular bottle, Montana sauvignon blanc, was their favourite. It was the sixth day of their week’s holiday in the Algarve and they were reflecting on the enjoyable time they’d had, how surprisingly easy it had been with the children. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Well...also, if Eddie and Keela are correct, then Maddie had died before the evening...maybe even before the morning....... Lets not forget they refused the cleaners on the morning of May 3 What else did they do / not do on May 3 during the day?
Impartial In my opinion the very elaborate supermarket/wine story was their alibi in case they were filmed on cctv in the supermarket buying cleaning products with bleach.
Badboy | second bed against a wall by a window.
what window?
first i think i have heard of second bed.
Sandie | Well if the PJ cannot get to grips with all these pieces of flotsam and jetsam , how the devil are we supposed to ??????????????????
azrael72 and not being able to figure out a time line has worked in the mccanns favour.....what was it that g said about its a good thing about the mis information about this case.......we dont know which one, if any is the real one 
backtrack | No doubt Gerry was texting all that day and the PJ know his ever move by now.....
edited to add...Gerry's downfall is his need to constantly communicate..
| Snowleopard | "It was the sixth day of their week’s holiday in the Algarve and they were reflecting on the enjoyable time they’d had, how surprisingly easy it had been with the children. "
They never say anything unless there is a reason. This is so obviously to counteract the rumours that Kate had had difficulty in managing the children with the implication that she could have lost her temper and cause physical harm to her child.
Katherine It was the sixth day of their week’s holiday in the Algarve and they were reflecting on the enjoyable time they’d had, how surprisingly easy it had been with the children. Well I suppose it had been pretty easy having a holiday with the children because they were hardly *with* the children at all as the children were in the childcare facility/having dinner with the nannies for 7 hours a day - and then the children were home alone while the McCanns were out at night.
So if you add it up:
Time spent with the children 5-6 hours/day (up to a couple of hours before/after the kids club and lunchtime when the facility was closed)
Time spent sleeping - hard to say but given reports that they were often at dinner or elswhere till midnight or later say 5-7 hours/day.
Then that leaves at least 12 hours a day for adult *me* time for tennis/jogging/drinks/ socialising with friends - more than double the amount of time they were prepared to devote to their 3 children. 
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