First Day of Pruning

At last (on Friday 29th January) we managed to start pruning in the vineyard in Carabaña. It has rained and snowed so much this year in central Spain, that we couldn't start earlier.

We didn't actually get much done, as we were with the agricultural students from the Escuela-Taller de Alcorcón, who wer doing the parctical part of their course studies in our vineyard.

In the vineyard (looking North)

Juan explains how it's done, around a vine

In the vineyard (looking South)

After working so hard all morning, lunchtime came round, and as it was such a lovely day, we decided to light a fire and eat in the vineyard.

Barbecue in the vineyard