19/09/2026
In the next couple of months the Olive harvest will start in Andalusia, and nothing would give more pleasure than to be there helping these families collect their fruit in return for a few litres of this incredible liquid gold.
While climbing and filming the Eagles and Vultures in the high Sierras around Gaucin, Casares and along the Sierra de Libar valley, all the way to Ronda , I would always stop when I saw the locals hard at work whacking the trees with sticks or as is more common now motorised vibrating poles, and ask if I could help in return for a litre or so.
I will be in Andalusia in the new year filming again, but sadly I will have missed the harvesting in 2026. I will however visit a few of the local mills and load up my van to bring plenty home to the UK.
The olive oil business is as crooked as Donald Trump and his wretched family, so getting it straight from the owners of the Olive groves is a real bonus, because I know exactly what I am buying and eventually consuming. There are many things I miss after spending over a decade in Andalusia, and the Olive harvest is way up at the top of my list.