But today the Alcalde (Mayor) from Yator came up to see the land slip and to decide what to do. The JCB won't go any further because the balsa (water deposit) is full - well, half full now due to its leaks, and he doesn't know quite what he's going to find when he starts digging. Obviously he doesn't want to sink down into a bog! So John and Mariano went down to talk to Antonio and they tried to open the balsa to send the water onto the nearest land, but not downhill as that would wash away the land that is still here. Unfortunately the exit pipe was blocked and the only person who knows how to sort it out was working today (he's a paramedic in Ugijar) so he's coming tomorrow to empty the balsa and when it's drier and safer, the digger will come back and dig/divert the road by removing the bend and the acequia that runs above. At a later date, when we have a proper new road, the acequia will probably be piped from the balsa down towards Yator.
I took the dogs down at 8.30am and J and Mariano were there at about midday, I took photos and so did they, there is a difference in the collapse even over that 3 hour period. It's now possible to see water down in the cracks, probably due to the leaky balsa, and I suppose the heavy rains have been the final straw.
Mariano came for Sunday breakfast, yes we had it at about 1.30pm but we usually have eggs, bacon and the like on Sunday for brunch, it gives us a reference point for the week otherwise we aren't sure what day it is! He has heard about a full English breakfast because 2 of his sons have worked in England, a brother was married to an English girl and he has a nephew in Bradford. But this was his first proper breakfast and he ate the lot (and had seconds!)
Took the dogs out for a walk in the sun this afternoon and then met some friends who'd walked up to see us. It's been a lovely sunny day, 18 this afternoon, long may it last. Yator's fiesta this coming weekend - this will be our 7th and never had anything but sun so far.
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