Olive Picking

We will be picking our olives on Saturday 17th through to Monday and will take them to the mill on Tuesday. The weather here is fantastic, 23 degs yesterday, so it should be a good few days.

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Flights to Murcia

Although Almeria airport is the closest to Finca Arboleda, Murcia airport is a good alternative.

Murcia airport is situated at San Javier and a new motorway makes the journey very easy.

There are 16 direct routes from the UK and Dublin which means you are more likely to find a great price from an airport near you. Follow the link on the flights page to Murcia airport for route infomation, or send us a mail with any questions you may have.

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Olive Oil

We were listening to Chris Evans on the radio last week talking about the virtues of using Olive Oil. They had a bottle in the studio which had come from Italy and cost 21 GBP.

21 QUID!!!!  apparently it was special because it came from a small estate where the producer knew the names of the pickers.

I can tell you what our pickers had for lunch and our excellent Extra Virgin Oil only costs 4GBP a bottle. Our Spanish neighbours have said it’s the best they’ve ever tasted.

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Summer 2008 Bookings

Hi All

We’ve just taken our 1st booking for August 2008 so if you’re thinking of booking with us keep an eye on the availability so that you will not be disappointed.

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Coq au Vin

Hi All

Our 6 oldest Chickens are nearly 3 years old and very rarely lay eggs now. This has become a problem as the 3 white ones are trying to supply Guests, neighbours and ourselves with eggs, so today we have bought 6 new ones. It will be a couple of weeks before they are laying.

We have made a retirement area for the old girls, Coq au Vin?  that was a joke, but who knows in the winter!

We love them too much to kill them and they rewarded us with 2 eggs today!

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Summer in full swing

Hi All

Sorry the blog stalled, it was due to excessive spam being sent to it, I’ll try again now it’s stopped.

We’re pretty much booked for the summer and have had to disappoint a lot of people so if you want to visit us we can take bookings for next year. We’ve painted the place from top to bottom and at the moment we are improving the garden next to the road to the Stables. We’ve already had some lovely guests this summer and we always feel sad when they leave and hope they will come and stay again, you can read their comments on the guest book! I’ve bought a new camera and will try and take some better pictures for the web site so keep looking and send your comments.

We hope you’re not too wet in the UK …rain what rain!

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May now £130 Off

9th – 23rd May are amazingly still available in the Old Stables and if you book the 2 weeks we’ll reduce the price by £130, so two weeks for £350 What a bargain!

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Last 2 weeks available….Book now!

9th – 23rd May are the last 2 weeks available in The Old Stables this Spring and Summer.

Ryanair have return flights to Almeria including taxes for £36 !!!!

The pool will be warm, the beaches empty, the roads quiet and Finca Arboleda is looking very green and inviting, the perfect place for a quiet evening Bar-b-Que with local fish and wine and it’s a great chance to top up your Easter tan.

Don’t delay when it’s gone, it’s gone!!!!

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Bird Watching

Spring has been a bit slow to get going this year but we have lots of different birds visiting us. There were 9 Bee Eaters in the garden this morning.

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There have also been Hoopoos, Swifts, Martins, Little Owls and Stone Curlews

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Why not come out and see them, great deals available!

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After Easter

Easter is nearly here and we’re going to be busy at Finca Arboleda with guests and friends staying. After Easter and in May we have a few weeks still available, the weather should be more stable, indeed May can be one of the best times to visit this area before it gets too hot. Flights will be cheap and if you mention the blog I’m sure we can give you a good price for these weeks. You should be able to pick Figs, Apricots, Pears and Loquarts off the trees and of course Lemons to go with the G&T!

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