For all clients arriving on the Sunday before the course, airport transfers will be provided from either Granada or Málaga airports. Flights to Málaga are the most numerous and probably the cheapest.

For those clients who wish to arrive earlier, the following options are available:

Car Hire – if you intend to tour the area, the easiest way is to hire a car at Málaga or Granada airport. Both airports provide offices for the major car hire companies and reservations can be made online.

From Málaga – drive along the coast road on E15/N340 towards Motril & Almería. After the town of Salobreña take the N323 towards Granada, (there are road-works on this road, but just keep heading towards Granada). Take the A348 to Lanjarón & La Alpujarra, continue until you reach Lanjarón – there are no other major turnings off this road . The journey time is approximately 2 hours from Málaga.

From Granada – drive out of the airport for aproximately 1km, take the slip road towards Granada, the A92, follow this for approximately 1km keeping in the right hand lane. Take the first exit towards Santa Fe, stay on this road through traffic lights, until you come to a large roundabout  (there are a numerous car sales showrooms on either side of the road just before this point). Take the right hand exit towars Motril, the N323, follow this road for approx 25-28km, until you see the turning for Lanjarón and La Alpujarra (after the exit for Lecrín Valle). Take the A348 to Lanjarón. Continue until you reach Lanjarón – there are no other major turnings off this road.

Parking in Lanjarón can be difficult. There is a small car park to the right of the first roundabout, or your hotel may accomodate your vehicle. Do not park on the main street as you may receive a parking fine. It is not possible to hire a car in Lanjarón.

Bus – there are buses from Málaga to Lanjarón but you will first need to get from the airport to the bus station by local bus. The bus to Lanjarón is slow, has frequent stops and takes at least 3 hours. There is a direct bus from Málaga to Granada which takes 1 1/2 hours. Depending on the time, we can pick you up from Granada, or there are local buses to Lanjarón from Granada several times a day.

Train – there are no trains between Málaga and Granada.

Sue and Pete

Sue is a Chartered Environmentalist, Waste Manager and registered Environmental Auditor. She has always been interested in the environment and did voluntary work for a number of environmental organisations in the late sixties and early seventies. She gained a BSc (Hons) in Environmental Sciences in 1976 and first worked as a Countryside Ranger, giving public lectures on environmental issues, conducting country walks to highlight the workings and man’s influence on the environment. An MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College followed later and jobs in the aggregate and waste industries, contributing to improving their environmental performance. The last 12 years have been spent as an Environmental Management Consultant and registered environmental auditor, implementing environmental performance improvements in a range of organisations and auditing companies against the International Environmental Management Standards. The move to the Alpujarra has been gradual over the last four years. While Pete built their house Sue gradually wound down her consultancy in the UK to help create their home and develop the course in self-sufficiency, in which she passionately believes.

Pete is a retired Chief Petty Officer in the Royal Navy and although was often away for long periods, including the Falklands, he always had an allotment. He has been growing his own vegetables for the last 30 years and is very experienced in all aspects or organic gardening from soil condition, crop rotation, companion planting to harvesting and storage of crops. The last four years he has built their home, a stone clad cortijo (farm house) called Cortijo de Sueños in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, cultivated three terraces for fruit and vegetables, constructed a chicken house and run, built a reed filter bed for sewage and waste water processing and solar power system, with only a little help from others.

"We both passionately believe that everyone can make a difference to improve the environment. However, we don’t believe that it has to be all hair-shirts, muck and manure. It can be fun. We are not entirely self-sufficient, but we are trying to minimise our impact upon the environment, wherever and however we can."