Thursday

Fortunately for us, the visitor centre for the Via Verde de la Sierra was open at Olvera before we departed this morning, so as well as grabbing a handful of leaflets we also found out that the place we had stopped for lunch during our ride (where we could look up to the rock and see the vultures), is also an observatory which is only open at weekends. We were told that there’s a webcam positioned near the rock, and it’s possible to see the vultures close up in their natural habitat; a weekend return trip could be on the horizon.
http://www.viasverdes.com/en/principal.asp

Before leaving the town we called in at our usual local supermarket and did the typically English thing of clearing the wine shelf out, 10 litres costing the princely sum of 11 euros.

We arrived on the Costa del Sol, or more appropriately the Costa del Drizzle, in the early afternoon, and as the drizzle turns to rain the only thing left to do is ‘batton down the hatches’ and restrain ourselves from the wine cellar!

Tomorrow morning I have an appointment with the local constabulary, nothing serious, it’s a condition of staying at this free aire that you have to register with them. We will have a couple of days on the coast and when the weather improves we will return inland for some sightseeing.

The more observant of you will notice that there are only 9 bottles left!