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Ruta Bancos Gigantes or Huge Bench Route in Andalucia

A new rage is slowly spreading across Andalucia with its beginnings in the province of Malaga and that is huge benches are being installed in beauty spots across the region. The Huge Bench Route or  Ruta Bancos Gigantes #rutabancosgigantes can be found on Instagram  where they are more active with updates on the new installations of these enormous benches and they have a   Facebook  page too. Map of the Ruta Bancos Gigantes The initiative started by Forest Green an agrobroker company that supplies and works with treated wood to large construction and environmental companies in Spain. The huge bench route is steadily growing, with constant new installations spreading across Andalucia. The enormous handmade wooden benches are 4 metre long and 2.3 metre high, with the seat being 1.3 metres above ground and needing steps to get onto them, appearing in natural beauty spots hopes to encourage people out into and  enjoy the views and of course take photos to be ...
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An Empty Nest Taster

A couple of summers ago I was down to one child at home, it didn´t last long. I jokingly say, but not to my sons, that I´m waiting for an empty nest. Waiting for the time and finances to be able to up and off as and when we want. It´s going to be a long time coming.

Spanish reports before the crisis said that the average son leaves home at 36 years-old, I´m not telling how old that makes me if my youngest stays until that age. Suffice it to say I would have to have renewed my English driving licence.

Today I got a last minute unexpected taste of ´just the two of us´. My eldest son is usually only seen for main-meal lunch and heard arriving home anywhere between 2 and 5am on a normal night, later or is it earlier if it´s fiesta or feria season said he wouldn´t be in for lunch (but could he take a supply of food with him) and that my middle son was also going, when I suggested the youngest could go too he agreed.

So gobsmacked I cleared away the mess they´d created and re-thought lunch. A main meal for five - two bottom-less stomachs, is a different affair to hubby and I. I immediately dumped the meat idea and took stock of the veggies/salad stuff in the fridge and the garden.

What joy, what peace to eat without complaints of red stuff and green bits. I know it´s temporary and really can´t imagine what a permanent state of empty-nestness is/will be like. I´ll probably hate it but as always the grass is always greener.... (in England than Spain).


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