Despite my last update we still don´t have any water to the ´new´casa - our neighbours won´t give access over their land so we have had one or two challenges to contend with - however, we do now have a plan of action and the hope of water by the end of the week!! So I shall keep you posted!!

The weather has been fantastic, warm enough to sit out until around 10pm chatting and passing the time of day as is the way out here! We are getting to know our neighbours better and today were given our second plateful of figs - now these are not your supermarket grey and squashed up figs, they are fresh and juicy and straight off the tree - delicious in their two´s or threes but we have been given about 100 and there´s not a lot two people can do with 100 figs!! We will have the best constituions of the village soon!!!

Still no news from telefonica so the internet cafe is being used again....it´s only been a couple of weeks so they are still well within their 27 day period to contact us!

Now - news of the house, the tiling is virtually finished, we have the upstairs complete, most of the staircase done and the whole of the ground floor minus the bedrooms and bathroom which are being started today! By the end of the week we should have the flooring all done and be onto the final snagging list ... we shall see - needless to say it´s all getting very exciting!! Just the water to sort out!

Everything else is going really well we are getting used to shopping at the market for our fruit and veg and also in the butchers - we´ve even managed to get minced beef which was a bit of a winner for us!! Our local bar has re-opened after holidays so Nigel can now get his coffee and occasional brandy in the mornings and the village has really livened up again...

Hugs for everyone,
Sarah.
p.s. we´ve booked our ferry - we´ll be back in england on 27th November!