January 6th

Nothing new on the pista repair - Micha and Connie came back from Germany yesterday and carried up some stuff....the rest of their baggage is in the car and trailer in Yator, their son went to see friends in El Golco later only to discover that the concrete footbridge crossing the river between Montenegro and El Golco is somewhere downstream! We knew about that from local info, someone came over the hilltops by horse to get here on New Years Day!

Went down to Yator this morning when we heard the horn of the veg lorry, other friends were on their way to get veg too, they had to walk as well but they are far more cut off than we are as the river has completely changed course and a) they can't get very far from their house by car and b) they then have to find another way across the river. It used to be a ford, now it's about 3 metres deeper and has found a new path. It has its advantages living up a hill! They are trying to get out using the tractor but that has now died so until they can walk out to get a spare part, they can't drive out with anything, they have a quad bike, two 4x4's and a tractor but are still stuck. Their neighbours aren't in a better position, they are having to walk up the rambla (a large flat area for flood water runoff) to get onto the road. Vehicle access non existent.

As we were leaving the car, our mobile - or not very mobile - storage place, some other friends said they would come up too and help carry any veg. We'd got a sack of potatoes, another of onions and some broccoli and together with their daughter and boyfriend we carried it all home. A couple of bags or so each, with Monty and Pip rushing to and fro.

This afternoon a visit from more friends with some goodies among which a chocolate selection box for a late Xmas and a bottle of cava as today is Spanish Xmas - they celebrated 12th night last night so we were surprised the veg lorry came today as it's a holiday.

The forecast was snow, now drizzle, but no sign of a JCB today, but as it was a holiday here that shouldn't have been surprising. We'll see what the rest of the week brings!