We went shopping this morning, tomorrow is the San Isidro Festival so all the shops etc. will be shut. Therefore it's time to replenish the wine as we are halfway through the last bottle. Stocked up on what Andrew refers to as Funeral or wedding food. Us normal folks would refer to this as salads, cooked meat, cheese etc. incase you think something dreadful is afoot.  Back to the villa laden down with nice new wines to try and 3 bottles of the Lan we discovered last night.

Anyway, the festival - San Isidro {who is the Patron Saint of the farmers} is apparently removed from his church and carted around the streets and up to the Nerja Cuevas in "An outburst of joy in the pilgrimage of horses and Spanish costume." according to our brochure on events. It should be interesting so we are going to spectate.

Later we head out to Salabrena, stopped midway to take photos of the sea mist from the cliff top. We were above the clouds, spectacular views of the strange mist with the sun blazing down we can hardly see the sea through it. Salabrena has a grey sand beach with a lot of sparkling pebbles,  we walked for a while by the sea, stopped for a beer at beach cafe. A pleasant place but full of high rise holiday apartments.

We drove back towards Frigiliana where we explored, some of the steep mountain roads become tiny mud tracks, I found this quite frightening, especially where I could see sheer drops on both sides. The village is lovely, lots of really pretty villas and shops, I like Frigiliana very much it is still relatively unspoiled by tourism and  the sea and snowcapped mountains are wonderful. We ate at the Balcon de Frigiliana restaurant overlooking the mountains. Great steaks in viciously hot pepper sauce and a jug of Sangria. Back to the villa for a nightcap and bed - we are being extremely lazy on this holiday.

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