Hello! Ok, so Spain (or rather the people in it) are continuing to be a pain. We stayed in El perello for a total of five days before things got to the point that we could no longer remain there. The people that we stayed with got more and more difficult demanding that the children make no noise, stay still and do not touch any thing on the property. I spent two days desperately trying to stay out for the whole day so as not to make any noise or disrupt them. On meeting them in England they assured me that they are used to children, but this was not the case at all. The visit ended with a conversation where they politely suggested that I beat the children in order to keep them in line or they would turn out "evil". Tim flew home last Thursday evening believing us settled and ok for the next six weeks. This was not the case. We awoke on Sunday morning to find they had decided that I needed to punish the children for "touching their things, and making the dogs bark". (who bark at any movement at all, even in the caravan!) I replied that I was not going to hit my children and maybe we would look at moving on to somewhere where we could be a bit more relaxed. The reply came "well, as soon as possible please!" So that was that. I, (on my own!) packed up the caravan, hitched it up and set off the the next family who I knew had young children and would welcome us, or at least I hoped. We set the sat nav and prayed it would take us to the right place and off we went. We drove the four hours, stopping for lunch down to Bociarent, near Valencia. Up mountains and down mountains we went. And yes I did it...I towed the caravan on my own down some tracks that I never thought I could get it down. And here we are on the mariola! We were greeted by a young family with their children running around and playing, how refreshing! Ok, hint to anyone planning to stay with people abroad. Make sure they have children! But hey, I did it and without any glitches!

Amy was on the horse within a couple of hours and friend were made with the girls. So the situation is that Tony and Sharon (who are the couple who let us stay) now live in the village in a flat. They were out here living in a yurt, but as you can imagine, trying to get the girls to school and keep them clean is hard out here. So they moved down there to be closer to the school. We are up on the side of the mountain that over looks the village. I will post some more pics in the next few days. It's a ten min drive down into the village. It is a very beautiful place here and in the middle of nowhere. we are in the middle of the national park and the children can run and play where ever. Sharon has a horse and she can ride for a couple of hours in any direction and it not matter. They come up with their three girls to see to the horse and spend time pretty much every day. It really is lovely. There is a small house on the land and the empty yurt that they used to live in. There is a really nice guy called merlin who is currently staying there to. He is pitched up on the hill and is very quite and gentle. It's nice to have someone else around in the background. There is only one glitch (and there always is here) There is no water. The well ran dry a few weeks ago and so we have to go to a font 5 mins down the road and collect water. It's free, so we will just have to get more organised! So here we are, Place three in the space of two weeks and hopefully where we can stay now until the end of July. Sharon and Tony seem lovely and the girls are great too. Let see what life brings! As regard the car it would seem that the assessor that was sent out on Friday to look at the car, assessed the wrong car?? I know, I have no ideas! They are now going to send out another assessor tomorrow here in the village to look at MY car. So yet again the Spanish translate website Spanishdict has saved the day in allowing me to tell the local garage that an insurance assessor will be arriving on them tomorrow. This means driving into the village early and leaving the car there. Then finding something to do with the children until the assessor has been. Oh well, all an adventure. The weather is amazing and some how makes everything not matter so much, which is good. Other wise I think it would matter a lot! The kids are having a ball and decided they want to bath in the tin bath outside the caravan later. We are off to the shop now to get supplies and then spend the afternoon relaxing, before we start again early again tomorrow.