Fiesta, day 1

Another year has gone by very quickly and already it is time for the village of Torre del Compte to celebrate it's fiesta. As usual, it starts with sausages cooked on small open fires in the grounds of the village co-operativa, (where the farmers take their olives for processing from their fields later in the year.)

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This is now our 5th fiesta in the village and for the first time we had a light rain shower. However, the forecast is for fine weather for the next few days. Getting a little wet wouldn't have put people off though as after having eaten the sausages, everyone visits each peña in order to receive a drink. The only catch is that to get to the next peña, you have to go down the road where the occupants of the houses throw buckets of water at you; some have hosepipes! Great fun!!


A local brass band added to the atmosphere whilst hundreds of people enjoyed their sausages in pieces of bocadillo.