Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th March 2025 – Orgiva, Spain

There will be very little blog over the next few days as we will be hunkering down and doing very little.
On Saturday I walked the 25 minutes up past the orange and olive groves into Orgiva. Beside the track are small irrigation ditches and these were full of fast running water. This had nothing to do with the overnight rain but is strictly controlled by a group that ensures that the water resource is shared fairly between the farmers. Although there was water running today, another day they will be dry as the water has been direct to another area. However, at the moment there is no requirement for the water as there has been so much rain.
I popped in to the tourist information office, viewed the exhibition on local mining (lead ore and fluorite) and picked up some leaflets. The walks around Orgiva looked interesting but it will have to stop raining before we can do those. The very helpful man pointed out the places of interest in the town and also directed me to a bakery close by. I was pleasantly surprised to find that the bakery had a wood-fired oven but it turned out that the bread wasn’t very interesting. Most Spanish bread seems to be rather bland – if I was living here, I would definitely be baking my own.
It rained considerably on the walk back to the van and, despite the umbrella, I was quite wet when I arrived.
Sunday was very wet and we didn’t leave the van. It is difficult to work up any enthusiasm to go out when the rain is continuous. We did take the few steps to the campsite restaurant at lunchtime. The restaurant is open all year (as is the campsite) and is very popular with the locals both for drinks in the bar and for food. It was an excellent meal.
Photos: The was the bakery, hidden down an alley – the sign says ‘Horno de Leńa’, oven of wood; Two main courses at the campsite restaurant – a Alpujarra speciality and a huge pork steak; If you look very carefully, you will see snow in the mountains above the campsite.