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[Varche]

can't settle down to anything till I find out how much my oil cooler or head gasket is going to cost so thought I would post some photos I took on my trip back from civilisation.

Some locals. Not keen on goats but love goats cheese!



I've got my bread. In the distance are the Sierra Nevadas. Spains highest mountains (11,000 feet plus). Skiing in the winter. Snow now all but gone except in North facing pockets.


Windmills in the distance (at 1,600 metres altitude) Just for Nickbat! Olive groves .



Old traditional farm cottage with wheat threshing circle (era in Spanish) in front.

[cem_devecioglu]

nice piccies.. more and bigger please , I used a magnifier

[STMO123]

Beautiful Varche, I feel quite envious.

[Varche]

Damn, pressed post button by accident! Still at least I can see I am doing it reasonably right.

Next to that farm house is a spring that runs all year round in the stone trough in foreground. This despite the land above only being maybe 100 feet higher. I spend a bit of time studying wells. Someone drilled one successfully on a coll! The land behind was wheat until last year when it was planted with asparagus. The other main crop here is olives.



Across the road from the spring (and benefitting from it) is this large traditional cortijo. Collection of farm buildings. Labour and manpower was everything until as little as twenty years ago. Families were large (our neighbour was one of 12 - all male children and all survive at 60 years old plus, we suspect many children died) and more buildings were added as children got married and had their families and cultivated more land. In Franco's day, Andalucia was a very poor region and people left the land in droves but were turned away from the towns and given land. Go grow a few olives, a few pigs and chickens and some wheat. 



Glass of ice cold beer and a bowl of olives anyone? (except that AndyB of course)



A bit further on there is a limestone ridge with good views. The copper age was a big thing here and these Dolmens ( we have located 9 but wouldn't be surprised if there are more) were created 4000 years ago. Burial sites? Somewhere to shelter from animals intent on eating you? In those days wolves were common all over Spain. Another neighbour showed me a perfect green stone tool he found. When I showed an interest he donated me his other small collection of normal coloured stone tools - all broken of course! Metal detecting isn't allowed in Spain. There must be tons of stuff left from Roman times as in the UK.




Ruin for sale. Close up you can see how little is required to get it habitable (as estate agents here say). This place used to be the village bakery for the local spread out community.



Sorry about the small size of the pictures cem. It was a major technological achievemnt taking them and posting them.

[paul.lovejoy]

great pics Varche thanks for sharing them whens the rush hour  all very relaxing and some history too

[cem_devecioglu]

thanks for more

[Andy B]

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Glass of ice cold beer and a bowl of olives anyone? (except that AndyB of course)



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I'll have a beer, but you can have my olives 

[omega3000]

Nice pics for you to share  Looks really hot as well 

[hercules]

ice cold beer and olives 
ice cold beer and olives and cherry tomatoes 
ice cold beer and olives and cherry tomatoes and cheese 
ice cold beer and olives and cherry tomatoes and cheese drizzled in olive oil with fresh bread 

[Entwood]

ice cold beer and olives 
ice cold beer and olives and cherry tomatoes 
ice cold beer and olives and cherry tomatoes and cheese 
ice cold beer and olives and cherry tomatoes and cheese drizzled in olive oil with fresh bread 

Fixed that for you .... 

Olives .. devils food.... how can something so disgusting when eaten whole taste so good when made into oil

[Andy B]

ice cold beer and olives 
ice cold beer and olives and cherry tomatoes 
ice cold beer and olives and cherry tomatoes and cheese 
ice cold beer and olives and cherry tomatoes and cheese drizzled in olive oil with fresh bread 

Fixed that for you .... 

Olives .. devils food.... how can something so disgusting when eaten whole taste so good when made into oil

+1 

[hercules]

so when you 2 are old and sat on yer park bench il drive past in an omega and youll both say eeh bah gum isnt that one of them there omegas we used to have while yer shake your zimmer frames at it and il poke my head out and say aye it is and you could still be driving if you had eaten yer olives and be as spritely as me 

[Andy B]

so when you 2 are old and sat on yer park bench il drive past in an omega and ....

 

Your Omega will have rusted away before I'm old ........ 

[hotel21]

Your Omega will have rusted away before I'm old ........ 

......er.

You must be almost the oldest man I know.

You certainly look it....

       

[cem_devecioglu]

ice cold beer and olives 
ice cold beer and olives and cherry tomatoes 
ice cold beer and olives and cherry tomatoes and cheese 
ice cold beer and olives and cherry tomatoes and cheese drizzled in olive oil with fresh bread 

Fixed that for you .... 

Olives .. devils food.... how can something so disgusting when eaten whole taste so good when made into oil

nope.. its a gift to you from nature .. of course without salt.. very healthy when consumed raw..