Spain week three, day three

Monday May 12th, 2008

Moorish Farmhouse, Orgiva, Spain

Today's drive out is to the end of the valley to see the actual location of Chris Stewart's place - as featured in "Driving Over Lemons" and his two subsequent books. Again this turns out to be an ideal off-road drive for the land rover but probably pretty tough in any other vehicle. The nearest settlement, El Duque, turns out to be about two houses. At the bottom of the pathway that forms part of the GR-142 long distance walk, we do find the little bridge over the river that leads to his house, but decide to stop at this point - he probably has far too many visitors and we were getting a bit close to celebrity stalking.

The footbridge over the river that provides access to Chris Stewart's property

Chris Stewart's property from the road to El Duque - the small white smudge to the right of the hillside just to the left of centre!

Later, at Pilates, we hear a little more about him. The house is very rural, far more so that the villas that most of the English ex-pats own, despite the success of the books. Presumably, therefore, that is just how he likes it. We have certainly enjoyed the eggs that we had from his wife, Ana, via Nigel and Zoe.