April '08

It has been a busy month for us with lots going on and lots to do. The weather has been much better than last April and we have been able to get on with lots more work. After more than a year out here, we had our first visit to meet some other English people for a barbeque at their finca. It was a great afternoon and by the time we got back the sun had set.

Barn

We have been trying to find an Agricultural Engineer so he can write a "justification" for the building of our barn. The Adjuntamente accept that we can build a barn, but they want the "justification" in case anyone asks why it was built. He ho. Anyway we have managed to find an Agricultural Engineer who will do the justification, so hopefully that will be all we need.

Festes

The village festes kicked off on St. Georges day with stalls selling the traditional single rose for the women and book stalls for the women to buy a book for their men. I got given a book of tomatoe recipes. Yum. Alex and Sara came out for the first few days of the village festes and they enjoyed the good weather, playing with Dylan and meeting the villagers again.

The last few nights we have been to barbeques in the garage below our flat and then at about 2am go on to the dances they hold in the town hall. This Saturday (3rd May) the dance will go on all night as it is the final event of the festes.