Our leaky pump

Sunday 31st August. After the meal in the Plaza Mayor we could all see the very dark clouds over the mountains to the south and hear the rumbles of thunder, indeed in the evening, the lightning was quite spectacular, but it didn´t rain very much because we were just on the edge of the storm. Then, at around 2:00 am, Monday morning, there was an almighty flash and a crack of lightning followed instantaneously by a boom of thunder, no rain, just the 1 thunder bolt hit the village and then it moved on and we heard rumblings in the distance. The electricity tripped off and was easily reset but the telephone line was dead so Telefonica came out on Tuesday and fitted a new bit. Unfortunately, the modem had also blown so that was replaced on Thursday.

Another casualty of the lightning strike was the water pump which gave up working early on Monday morning. Our house is just a bit too high in relation to the village water tanks although we have a water supply to the ground floor so the pump is needed to provide water on the first and second floors. The plumber took it away to be repaired but when it had been repaired and was refitted on Thursday, it leaked so the plumber took it away again. The only problem then was that the shop in Alcañiz couldn´t repair it before closing for their fiesta which lasts all of next week. So the plumber brought the leaky pump back yesterday and fitted it up as shown in the photo below.


The pump is at the top left of the picture and the drip is being "funneled" by the yellow container and down the blue tube into the bucket on the ground. We just hope that this system will be satisfactory until Monday the 15th when the repair shop in Alcañiz opens after the fiesta. All part of life in Spain! It's great!!