part 3 wilderness early winter morning looking across the olive trees to Alcuescar, shrouded in mist. on the lower side of the finca and behind the house, there is a wonderful wilderness a maze of dry stone walls boulder castles cattle paths – they wander where they will here, shouldering aside all obstacles, so fallen walls as well everywhere neglected cork oak scrub massive granite outcrops covered in moss and lichen – one of the lichens produces a strong purple dye and used to be exploited for it. hidden away is this building, still well maintained. it looks as though it could have been used for raising and fattening iberic pigs but there’s no activity at the moment, just Joachim’s cows wandering amongst the rocks and trees trees that are never harvested for their cork. climbing through the rock piles and trees at the bottom of my finca you find massive boulders like breaching whales the sierra always brooding over and then further over I came across this roofless choza built against a vertical granite formation it must have had a roof of poles and perhaps tiles once, though there are no shards or remains furnished with a stone basin cupboards and an external staircase – so did it have a flat roof? or another storey in timber? a puzzle, but a beautifully built one. back to the house through more fincas some abandoned, some cared for on my own, wild asparagus berries – very christmasy and the olives waving a welcome. Post navigation part two on the fincapart 4 returning – storm Leave a ReplyCancel reply This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.