Olive harvest helpers

Another sunny day, more olive trees harvested but this afternoon we had some help.  Donald and Adrienne go out walking a lot, quite often pass by during the afternoon and usually stop for a cup of tea.    Today we were just finishing a tree and moving the nets to the next tree, one which Adrienne and I had already picked olives from  way back at the end of November which we brined (and I have now stored ours in oil and garlic)

They stopped to help get the olives off and then helped clean the leaves and twigs from the nets, then we did another tree and cleaned that lot up as well. 

And before they knew it, a couple of hours had passed.  The sun was shining, the sky was blue and not a cloud in sight.  Totally peaceful apart from the sound of the 'whack' as the sticks  hit  the  tree  and the occasional 'ouch'  as olives landed on the poor person harvesting the lower branches!