When Tony Blair tried to introduce a "cafe society" to Britain and extended licensing hours to 24 hours per day, he might well have had Bigastro in mind.
Last night we went down to see the barracas that the camparsas have set up in the park. Each camparsa or group has its own barraca or area which they fence off and decorate. In the centre of the park is the disco and main bar.
We were particularly keen to visit the barracas of "los que no perdonan" and "¡¿pero yo por que?!". Susana and Consuelo had invited us to go for a drink at the first and Raquel, the daughter of our hairdresser had invited us to the second.
Susana tells me that the name, "los que no perdonan" is the Spanish title of the movie "The Unforgiven" by John Huston starring Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn ; "pero yo por que" literally means "but I for what".
Apart from the activity in the park, all the bars in the town were in full swing serving food and drink outside until the early hours of the morning.
We met some of our Spanish neighbours and friends who, like us, were out to paseo. The town had a fabulous party atmosphere about it just like Tony had envisaged for towns like Barnsley in England!
Consuelo and Susana
Their theme is boxing. The guy on the right looks set to beat his opponent.
Snow in Spain at this time of year!
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