Adios Almeria

We had a very short night – a phone call at midnight from one of the group who had heard their flight was cancelled and didn’t know what to do... neither did we at that time of night! ... then up at 5.20 am to make sure everyone knew flights from Murcia cancelled (except possible the one to Edinburgh might go). They all decided to go up to the airport anyway which left us free to tidy up, finish packing and drive over to La Paz.
A bit of a panic over one set of keys until we rang Trevor who reminded us he had left them under a stone in the garden when he and Janet had left for the airport the day before ... doh!
The weather was still pretty damp but it improved as we drove west along the pretty road past Sorbas and Tabernas to the A92. We stopped at the Venta del Compadre which is very traditional country venta mainly used by the local campesinos and hunters. Well hung with hams and shoulders of pork being tobacco-smoked in situ by the clientele who were well supplied with bar snacks in the form of unpeeled raw garlic cloves to go with their breakfast aguardiente! We had the usual dos cortados.
The A92 is a good fast road west and it was an easy journey though fascinating to see the landslip scars still being repaired as we drove through the Sierra de Huétor.
When we arrived, Mick and Jayne were hard at work putting the place to rights after the last visitors who had just left that morning (luckily they had driven down from the UK, bringing all their ski gear with them, so unaffected by volcano problems!) and after a snack we crashed upstairs for a couple of hours to keep out of their way and catch up on sleep before a relaxing evening and early night!