Thursday 13th March 2025 – Orgiva, Spain

The forecasts all said that it was going to rain all day today and they weren’t wrong. Thursday is market day in Orgiva and, despite the weather, we decided that we wanted to go to it. When I visited the tourist office on Saturday, there was a large marquee next to it where they had been holding the markets. The man in the office said “Now that the weather is changing (??!!), they might remove it this week”. Sure enough, when we got there it had been removed the day before and they had cancelled the market because of the weather. It was now pouring down and after buying some excellent bread in a small, rather alternative, covered market, we found a café to shelter in. Just a few steps away was the main church of Orgiva and we watched a lady finishing off a beautiful flower arrangement in Lenten colours. When we left the church the rain changed to cloudburst proportions and, even though we were sheltering under cover outside a bank, we got very wet from the bouncing up off the pavement. Once the rain had reduced from torrential to very heavy, we set off to the supermarket and had a very relaxed shop whilst waiting for the rain to ease. Unfortunately, it wasn’t going to stop. Those irrigation channels were now torrents, often overflowing across the road. I had questioned why Jane had decided to pack her wellies before we left home - “Are you sure that you are going to use them?”, I said. Now she was demonstrating what a good idea it was, walking straight through the flowing water and deep puddles whilst I tried to find a way to avoid the worst sections. We both arrived back very wet.

Photos: Due to the mix of nationalities of people living in the area, many people speak English, some better than others; The new Lenten flower arrangement in the church.