What would we do without Ed! Having driven down from Cannes with our Land Rover Discovery, he decided to stay on for 10 days to complete the animal shelter that he started over Christmas. Lilly and Martina are now the proud owners of their own little house on the prairie!! As you can see, they appear to be very happy and contented with their new home! The photograph above, showing the view of Ronda, has been taken from the shelter, so they also have a wonderful outlook!!
It’s amazing how it all came together. Having spent two days trying to source the right size of timber for the uprights, which was proving to be virtually impossible, we decided to use fencing posts that we purchased from the ‘Agricentro’ which were absolutely perfect.
We then came across a saw mill/wood yard just behind the BP Service Station, on the Campillos Road less than ten minutes from the house that specialise in the making of pallets. From there we managed to acquire a number of 4 foot lengths of the bark planking that they were cutting from trunks, which were perfect for the panelling of the shelter and gave us the rustic feel we were looking for. Even better, the cost of two huge loads of these planks was only 40 euros!!
Ed also found time to construct the ‘vehicle dip’ at the entrance to the property, which is now a standard requirement of the ‘Consejeria de Agricultura Y Pesca’ due to the threat of the ‘Blue Tongue’ virus that is now prevalent throughout Andalucia and will become a major problem again in the summer!
Now that we have met these two major requirements we are in a position to apply for our official farming licence!! Who would have thought that within one year of us moving to Spain we would become farmers!!
It’s amazing how it all came together. Having spent two days trying to source the right size of timber for the uprights, which was proving to be virtually impossible, we decided to use fencing posts that we purchased from the ‘Agricentro’ which were absolutely perfect.
We then came across a saw mill/wood yard just behind the BP Service Station, on the Campillos Road less than ten minutes from the house that specialise in the making of pallets. From there we managed to acquire a number of 4 foot lengths of the bark planking that they were cutting from trunks, which were perfect for the panelling of the shelter and gave us the rustic feel we were looking for. Even better, the cost of two huge loads of these planks was only 40 euros!!
Ed also found time to construct the ‘vehicle dip’ at the entrance to the property, which is now a standard requirement of the ‘Consejeria de Agricultura Y Pesca’ due to the threat of the ‘Blue Tongue’ virus that is now prevalent throughout Andalucia and will become a major problem again in the summer!
Now that we have met these two major requirements we are in a position to apply for our official farming licence!! Who would have thought that within one year of us moving to Spain we would become farmers!!
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