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LIVING LA VIDA
LAGO
Last September marked a decade since I departed the madding and frequently maddening crowds of Marbella and headed to the hills. At the time a new, ahem, ‘lifestyle change’ had left me pondering the wisdom of living in Nueva Andalucía – a place where it is perfectly acceptable to go on a three-day quest in search of the perfect breakfast Burgundy. Trust me on this one. When a friend told me that they knew of a cottage on the banks of the reservoir on the Istán road, I leapt at the chance. Reached by a track down the side of the steep valley, the Casita del Lago sits in splendid isolation, with my nearest neighbour a kilometre away, and only accessed by kayak. Not only that, but the Casita was off grid, powered by a generator and taking its water from a large water deposit tank. I didn’t hesitate. WORDS GILES BROWN PHOTOGRAPHY KEVIN HORN
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