Peter and his wife Ellie decide to move their family from Scotland to Mallorca. They buy an old farmhouse with a small fruit farm. The previous occupants, from whom they have bought the property, now live in the house next door during the weekend and have an apartment in Palma during the week. Peter and Ellie know nothing about growing and selling fruit.
On arrival it becomes apparent that the appliances in the farmhouse are much older and not as well maintained as they had been led to believe. There are problems with the plumbing, the electrics, the cooker and getting supplies of bottled gas. Things which were supposed to have been done had not been - the chimney was not swept, the fields were not weeded, the gas bottles were empty, the wood supply was gone.
As they settle into their new home, meet neighbours and become a part of the local community they keep finding more things which are not as they expected and more jobs which need doing to the house whilst at the same time learning how to tend the fruit trees and trying to find a buyer for the fruit. Each of the neighbours offers their own form of advice and gives out instructions such as buy a pig or you need chickens!
This is an autobiographical travel book. It is the first in a series. I also have 'Mañana Mañana', 'Viva Mallorca', 'A Basket Full of Snowflakes', and 'From Paella to Porridge' on my bookcase.
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