Range wars in the High Chaparral

Range Wars in the High Chaparral



The attempt by the Casarabonela Jehovah's estate agent to con me into agreeing to a boundary change has been exposed. My plan of the 'olivar' boundary appears to be the genuine one according to an e mail from the original vendor. We meet with our neighbour on Saturday to argue it out. 

Where is Antonio M.? He was spotted last Friday in La Plaza de la Fuente Arriba. No drink or food was involved. I rang him and he says he is waiting for better weather before 'coming out'. It's 3 months since his kidney transplant. The Square is not complete without him.

The 'Square' is, in fact  triangular. It's only the Brits who call it a square; 'The Upper Square', to distinguish it from the 'Lower Square' or 'La Plaza Baja de la Despedía' which is  rectangular and is the original town centre.
These days the Plaza Baja is rarely visited by Álora's smart people except for baptisms and first communions, poorly attended masses and the annual performance of the Despedía (farewell) which takes place at 2.15pm. on Viernes Santo (Good Friday). This choreographed last meeting of Mary and Jesus is attended by thousands of people who dangerously cram the Plaza Baja to cheer the Foreign Legion, Jesus and Mary and fill the local bars which make more on this one day than during the rest of the year.....unless it rains which it did last year.

03/05/2012