On the road again.....

Many months, back in January or February,  there was talk of a new road being built between Yator and Montenegro, replacing the pista that was there.  Basically,  the pista is a mostly single width dirt track which is usually ok by car, but needs a 4x4 after rain.

But then it rained and rained and gradually the pista collapsed in a couple of places,  an agave and 2 olive trees slid down onto it as well and so the re-surfacing cost became a re-build and the price went up.  (see blogs earlier this year for pictures!)

Each time we were given an indication of starting date, we made sure we were stocked up with heavy shopping - dog food, tinned stuff, anything that would last, as the contract was supposed to take 3 to 4 months and having been cut off last winter for 5 months, we know how much time and energy it takes to carry things home.


So the months passed and September came and went  (although we were told on the 4th of that month  "15 days to starting date")  and now it's October. 

So imagine our scepticism when Mariano stopped yesterday morning to say that the finances had been sorted our regarding replacing a wall and work was starting.  I don't know how to say anything very sarcastic in Spanish - something along the lines of "yeah, right" would have summed it up nicely.  But out we went to look and lo and behold, at the bottom of the pista was a very large machine, busily widening the track and cutting the banking back at an angle.

This morning he was about 200 metres up the road and at times today we've heard the machine working. Off out early tomorrow with the dogs to see how far it got by the end of today.

widening the start of the pista

moving earth from above

Nice to be able to write and post photos of the road improving rather than collapsing!