EASTER

Well, we had quite an eventful weekend! Lin’s son Guy, his wife Amanda and our grandson Ollie came over for a few days to enjoy the Spanish ‘Semana Santa’ celebrations.

Sadly, the weather took a turn for the worse on the day of their arrival and whilst it improved during their stay, it remained fairly cold and miserable throughout and scuppered most of our plans!!

To make matters worse, the censor on the feeder tank, which controls the water being pumped from the well, malfunctioned three times over the weekend, which resulted in the pump house being flooded. To add insult to injury, we had a bag of Alpaca food supplement at the side of the feeder tank, which was directly under the flow of water, so you can imagine the mess. Miraculously, the damage was minimal and whilst we lost a couple of mattress’s etc, most of the valuable items were being stored above the level of the escaping water!!

However, as you can see from the photographs, Ollie appeared to have a really good time and instantly formed a close relationship with both Nuri and Luna! They bonded so well that everywhere Ollie went the dogs were two steps behind him! They really miss him!

On the Saturday, we visited Nigel and Ginny’s place in Atalaya and Ollie had a fantastic time with the Alpacas. Nigel was great with Ollie and allowed him to help feed the herd of 30 plus Alpacas, whilst explaining the history of Alpacas and how they should be best cared for! He then whisked him off in the golf buggy collecting logs, which we had previously cut from a dead tree.

We hope the weather will be better the next time Ollie comes to visit!