Not entirely possible to write a great deal, as all is chaos and confusion at the moment, i.e. the same procedure as every year.

A disappointing harvest from a quantity point of view – 16 sacks of olives pressed so far, from about 100 trees, giving us 135 kilos of oil. We are not planning a world cruise just yet.

The good news is that things have picked up in the last two days, with another 33 sacks at the press right now, and another 100 or so trees to go, so we might not have to buy extra olive oil for the kitchen this year.

The oil itself is really, really exciting – a vivid, day-glow green, and the taste outstanding (well, we would say that, obviously). The volunteer consensus this year is that it tastes of leaves, and olive oil.

Speaking of volunteers, the WWOOFers have excelled themselves – long hard days with no end in sight, and still only enthusiasm and laughter and more hard work. We are suitably impressed.