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  We are pottering out of town and heading south and passing a scattering of farm buildings. It is a nice day; enjoy the olive trees and the rocky terrain. Benicolet is ahead of us.  It sits on a hill, as it should.  https://www.benicolet.es/   I love the fact that an English village of 600 is an unremarkable sort of place - whereas a Spanish one of such has a town hall and everything.   According to Wiki ‘ The climate is temperate, with cold winters; the prevailing winds are easterly and westerly; the former brings rain, usually in autumn and winter.’  I feel cold is a word open for negotiation here.  There is a bit of irrigation allowing oranges as well as olives. Recently the region has seen some abandonment as farming becomes less profitable. I have some bad news.  We have missed Rutes Erotiques.  Apparently it was to be an experience of spicy stories, humour and culture.  We have also missed the domino championship. The Bar Cer...