Saturday 2-9-2006

We have had a relatively quiet day today. We drove via Turre (no computers available at the cyber café so no blog till tomorrow) to Carbaneros. When we went there last time we only saw the north east end of the place and we were not too impressed. This time we walked and paddled the south west bay and found that it has quite a nice beach. The sea was quite calm so our paddle was not as ‘thigh wetting’ as we have had recently down in Mojacar.
We had lunch at a beach side restaurant and then shopped and returned for a ‘chill out’ afternoon at El Pinar.

And now for something completely different:


Taberno Fig Festival 2007
(the fiesta to loosen up the tardy gizzards for the whole population)
Objectives.
To promote Taberno Figs (and in particular the crop from the five trees on our land at Cortijo del Madrono) worldwide and market them by the internet for mail order delivery.
To promote internal and external personal fitness by eating Taberno Figs for the five day duration of the festival.
Slogans
Keep fit by eating Taberno figs
‘Jog to the bog’ (or sprint as required)
Taberno figs reach parts that other figs can‘t reach, ‘fig’uratively speaking
Taberno figs can move mountains, or is this a ‘fig’ment of my imagination?
Taberno Figs the Dynorod’s of the body
Where ever and when ever you want to go, go with Taberno Figs
Taberno Figgers do it on the trot
Fig promotion week
Monthly magazine ‘Facts and Figgers’
We will need a suitable ‘Figger Head’ to officiate over proceedings, any volunteers?
Products for sale
Figs of course, yellow, mauve and any other colour we find (I thought that they all came in a nice shade of green, actually)
Large bottles of Taberno Syrup of Figs (each bottle supplied clear instructions and a bag of elastic bands)
Taberno Fig Jam for breakfast, ‘so each day you can hit the ground running‘.
Fig catapults, see next item.
At the end of the festival, if we have any surplus figs we can all gather in the Taberno Plaza and throw them at each other.
This will save having to buy expensive fireworks (like thunder flashes) to end the festival with and setting them off at four o‘clock in the blooming morning.
Sub Groups (as the event grows could include):
Financial Figgers
Taxation Figgers
Annual Figgers
Quarterly Figgers
Audited Figgers
Editors fig notes:
This is going to be big folks, be in at the start or be left behind.
We are still looking for ideas and most importantly for financial sponsorship. So don’t just give a fig, give a few thousand quid (made payable to Paul Fellowes euro account please).
I can just see it now, in large letters emblazoned across the thousands of brochures each year:
‘Presspahn Ltd’ are proud to be sponsors of the first Taberno Fig Festival, (our staff have been moving towards this event for months).
‘Whiteley Ltd and the Weidmann Group have generously given the material for the building of the 25 acre ablution site for this event. The thunder boxes and modesty screens are made exclusively from the world renowned biodegradable, corrugated TIVÓ .
Hermes Pension Investors of London and their staff support this venture and have donated copious amounts of money towards the on site medical emergency services for this event (inevitable over indulgence will of course need to be treated with care and sensitivity).
Serious and Actual, Interesting Fig Facts:
When gathering figs one should wear gloves, the white milky sap that exudes from the storks when first picked can be an irritant and can burn the skin.
The wood from the fig tree is a very poor burner (thank goodness) but more importantly it should not be burnt as it gives off toxic fumes in the form of cyanide and can be lethal. So never throw your old fig tree on the lounge fire (unless your bumping off your granny).
Night, night sweet dreams