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Driving past the entrance to the campsite in Orgiva which we had stayed in before we told Freya that we were going to try somewhere different. Heading out and through Orgiva into a little Hamlet called Bayacas she still did not twig. When James jumped out of the van to ‘check us in’ she still did not think anything was odd. It was only when she met the nice English lady, Sarah and her husband standing outside a little casita (little Spanish farmhouse) and James and I signing a tenancy agreement did she twig that we had been very sneaky and not told her- or any else for that matter – that we had found a base!!! So technically we were meant to find work first but this place was so beautiful and available that we thought we would take it for 2 months anyway. The five days we have spent here have already been brilliant, obviously helped by the presence of Freydo and we have been heavily involved in amazing spanish food which we bought from the market and proceeded to cook over about 6 hours eating it tapas style. We also did a fantastic walk up in the mountains (which have since been covered in snow, visited the hillside villages and managed to squeeze in a night out where we managed to find a taverna which re-opened the kitchens for us to eat!  So here we are for the next couple of months, we explained it to the little blue van and she is not upset as she is still being used a bit and is glad of the break!

Our next-door neighbour is a German lady who has two lovely dogs who frequently come round to say hello, or ola or Guten morgan (they must be very confused!) and then Antonio who lives at the end of our little drive and keeps horses there (and sometimes in our garden!). We have already met one of the old locals who humoured us and spoke very slowly in Spanish.so we could grasp a little of what he was saying! Because we are in such a small village there are no permanent shops and so different people come to the little square to sell things, so far we have had a fruit and vegetable man, a bread man and today there was a man selling clothes and blankets!

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