Well Christmas is looking good. This week we were at Fayon along with other teams we play against, for the latest competition. Fayon lies just over the border in Aragon, beside the river Ebro, and has a good cat fishing reputation.
We started out around 7am this morning, driving into town to pick up one of our club members, then drove to Corbera to collect our president. From here we drove to Gandessa then headed north, past Fatarella travelling through the wind-turbine parks across the mountain ridge. We now turned left and headed down the mountain into the river valley. The road was to say the least twisty with one or two ‘oh my God’ bends, but hey this is in the mountains. Once we reached the valley we headed for the train station to pick up the other member of my team, then climbed again to Fayon.
This little town was at the center of battle in the Spanish Civil War and every year in August it hold a re-enactment of the battle that took place there. They have planes, tanks and other army equipment and take this part of their history very seriously.
The Petanca courts were nicely laid out so it was not hard to find which court we were to play on. When we arrived we paid our entrance fee and ate our breakfast which today consisted of a soft bread roll filled with a good helping of dried ham, to be washed down by red wine and water we then began to play.
It was nice to see the other teams and catch up on gossip, who would be in the playoffs, who did not make it, hear when and where the next competition was to be. My wife got ribbed because she was not playing ‘ win a ham and get banned eh’ but she had the camera and as usual took pictures of the winners so she was happy.
Tivissa
Mequinensa
Our friends from Tivissa and Mequinensa their groups some 12 strong all went home with hams and wine.
I have put Asco in with our groups as they play at our club every Saturday.
Our teams 6 in total had small hams and wine as did our friends from Asco they also won hams, so a lot of happy people wended their way home at the end of a very pleasant morning.
We arrived back in town and headed for Club Nautique for a couple of beers to celebrate. Cheers everyone.