We are on holiday in Las Alpujarras in the Granada region.  The plan was to see some family who are down here for a while, and when we realised that the nursery is closed until the 8th of January anyway, this was a good time to go.

Since it has been pissing down more or less since we arrived, activities have been restricted. But I don’t really mind as it means that we have been spending a lot of time cooking and, more importantly, eating. Kind of like a continued Christmas which is fine as we didn’t overeat that much in December.

We were hoping to pick some olives, but we have had conflicting information on whether they are ready or not. There doesn’t seem to be much point if they are not coming off the threes easily, as you will spend so much energy beating the poor threes over and over again to make the olives come off. Yes, that’s how you do it. Beat the threes with stick and then collect them as well as hand picking some of them. First though you cover the ground with netting which you can easily gather together, getting all the olives on the ground and then gathering up the net once you are done.

I’m guessing we have to come back later in the year when the olives are more mature.