So that was Christmas.

Another Christmas over!   Only 3 mince pies left now,  a half of a  Stollen,  about half a figgy pudding and  2  bowlfuls of sherry trifle   - I'm sure I spent longer cooking it all then we did eating it.  Although to be fair, we haven't eaten all of it, friends came up for drinks and tapas on Christmas Day and quite a lot of the mince pies and Stollen were eaten then.  But we still have lots of chocolates left  to enjoy in the New Year - no, not home made but pressies from friends.

Mat came down from Paris for his Christmas break,  despite the bad weather the flight was only 30 minutes late in to Almeria, but when we got down there this morning for his flight home, the flight up to Madrid was cancelled as the incoming plane was iced in somewhere.   Luckily there was availability on the next flight out and they changed his ticket, also the connecting Madrid to Paris flight was changed.  If only we'd known.....we had to get up at 6.30 and left home at 7.10 in the pitch black.  And we could have had a lie in!!!  Oh well.

A belated Merry Christmas and a very happy New Year to everyone who regularly reads this - hope it gives you some idea of life in the Alpujarras.

Next up - olive harvest!  The mill in Yator is up and running already so we'll be out picking quite soon.  Let's hope the sun continues to shine.