Olive groves as far as the eye can see

We said a sad goodbye to our little patch of Heaven knowing that this is going to be a hard one to match, let alone beat and we’ll probably never see this Eden ever again.
We needed to find Darren a vape shop as he was out of coils (little consumable things that make the vape work) so we head off early. With the help of Google maps we find one about 30 minutes away.
On the route we drove through fields and fields of olive trees, some trees you could tell were very very old, likely hundreds of years. We arrived at the town where the vape shop was located, the whole town was built into the side of a mini mountain, on huge terraces. So it was a steep and winding road up to the busy shopping centre perched near the top. Mission accomplished we left as quickly as possible as far too peopley for us! We much prefer the quiet countryside, surrounded by nature.
We continued on to the place we’d chosen for tonight hoping that it would be all that we hoped for, but knowing it was unlikely to be as nice as our last place. We had been driving for a few hours and were more than ready to stop when we turned off the tarmac road onto a bumpy dirt track. We continued on until we came to a steep gravel slope, where there was a lone horse shading itself under a tree, completely free to roam as it pleased and not fenced in at all. Unsure of the condition of the track ahead, that on the map showed it going down to a large reservoir and dam Darren got out taking his CB radio with him to check if it was safe enough to drive down. Memories of the sliding incident making us more cautious now, so we are at least learning from our mistakes . He radioed me to say it was okay so I followed down with Ivy. At the bottom we could see that the other side of the reservoir looked better, so we crossed on the dam wall and parked under the trees on the far bank. We went for a short walk around the waters and Bliss had a paddle but it was far too hot so we retreated to the shade of Ivy parked under some large pine trees. In the clear waters of the reservoir we watched a variety of fish swimming in the reeds and weeds. Unfortunately there were a lot of flies which made it a lot less pleasant as they seem to taunt you and are almost impossible to catch and dispose of. But it was super quiet and after finally getting all the flies out of the van we slept very well.Read more