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Where to Stay in Spain - Eco-friendly Casa Valle de Oro B&B

For peace and quiet, wonderful views and pure relaxation, with option to go exploring in Andalucia´s stunning interior, there are few better bases than Casa Valle de Oro.  Located in the north of Malaga province near the town of Villanueva de Algaidas and very close to the border with Cordoba and its lovely lake town Iznajar and easy access to Granada and Cordoba cities.  Casa Valle de Oro, which in Spanish means Valley of Gold or Golden Valley nestles in a shallow vale of olive trees from which is produced liquid gold or extra virgen olive oil, Casa Valle de Oro´s oil, as the ethos of the house, is ecological. From the terrace, which overlooks the swimming pool and down the valley, there are golden sunsets, two very different  reasons for one good name for the lovely Casa Valle de Oro B&B.  There are also two yurts, Marrakesh and Oriental, between the olive trees which provide lovely, dappled shade in the summer, with a path to their own shower room and a trickling stream to add t
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Oh No, It´s Cooling Down

After a crazy ongoing summer with no rain it finally seems to be cooling down.
I´ve had to put long sleeves on and now jogging bottoms having been in shorts all day.

It´s great, blue sky and sunny, not ridiculously hot and now much cooler evenings. But we need rain. The olives that haven´t watering systems are shrivelling up on the trees.


It´s going to be a very poor harvest for many this year, yet the crop is a bumper one, such a shame. They´re falling off already even before turning black.

The dust goes on (I hate the dust), and now it´s fly time too. Annoying slow flies. October is always the worst and I´ve never understood why. Why why´s there so many flies?

Why aren´t there any flies on the coast either? Anyone fill me in?

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