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Remains - ancient and modern

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  Here we go again. I have never been a one point place, not with three reviews. The Molino de casabermeja is such a place. Let us have a look at them.  Cristina said ‘ We had an appointment to have our grain milled over a week ago. When we arrived, they told us the mill wouldn't be open because it was just us. They didn't even warn us, and we were left stranded.’  Francisco stated ‘I have caught them keeping part of the oil that I had gone to grind from my olives. I am amazed by these people who charge for their work and appropriate part of your effort. What a shame! I hope no one else falls for it. The weight of the scale is manipulated when the oil is coming out, they manually cut it off so that it stops coming out and they say there is no more. I have been grinding for more than 20 years in different mills, I know what I am talking about.’  Mari was less kind.   All these comments are two years old. Go there at once to find the truth of it. From one to ...
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Heady Fleshpots and sweetmeats not included

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  It is a day when we will go a lot down roads which run parallel to major roads that have streetview - and we don’t have. Down, alongside the A-45 we go. We are straightwise to a service station which has fuel and the Cafeteria San Javier.  They were doing a menu del dia for 8.50 in 2020 - that was when the photo was taken anyway.    The 151 reviews don’t have many key words.  Price-8, toast-6, fly-5, gas station 5, ham 4, molletes 3, employees 3, blister packs 2, palmier 2 and vision -2.  A week ago Alberto gave four stars and said ‘Excellent ingredients and well-prepared food. The cake display case is spectacular.’.  Two weeks ago Rafael added ‘Excellent service and very good coffee.’ Four weeks ago Trevor confused me a bit. ‘Interesting place. An old convent on the top of the steep hill in priego. They charge for parking which is not on site so you have to get back down the hill a bit to park. A very beautiful converted convent with great views. Cl...
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Full of stars and not words and signifying something

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  Sometimes you need to just step back.  There is something both unkempt and ordered and beautiful about the Spanish uplands in October - where we get our photos from. There is something in the golden leaves and the saturating sun.  I also rather like May for its freshness. To be honest, I love Spain. We are not going to have much in the way of pueblos, but we do get a few other things for the specialist interest. In a string of houses along the hillside road we come to Arquitectura & Ingenieria Topografia. It is open from 8am to 4pm everyday of the week, except Fridays, when they knock off at 2pm.  A year ago Jorge said of them ‘ Super friendly and competent guy. Affordable price and excellent work. He did both the ITE (Electrical Inspection) and the energy efficiency certificate for my house. Highly recommended.’ As we turn off the road and cross the terrain once more we pass what is labeled  the Puerto del Barco.  It has 10 reviews. It gets 4.8 stars...
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The royal road to Malaga

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  We are heading way out of town.  We are going up 302m.  We are going down 146m.  At our height we are 872m above the level sea. That makes us equal to Moel Siabod.  Moel Siabod is the eighth highest peak in Wales and near Dolwyddelan, one of my favourite castles in Wales. A Candlemas Bun awaits us, between September 2018 and June 2021. We are leaving the tarmac and heading down the Camino Real de Carlos Tercero. This has no reviews on Google.  Here is a nice video of it. https://www.canalsur.es/television/programas/destino-andalucia/noticia/2103870.html   Apparently Charles III has a road made, leaving Malaga and heading for Villanueva, Antequera and Madrid. Well that’s it.  As we are talking Charles II, let’s talk Charles III.  Charles was born in 1716, he was the fourth child of Philip V.  Bit of back History. Phil-5, as the kids called him, was the French candidate for the Spanish throne in 1700.  After 1714 Phil held the thro...
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