Every year our village holds its 'Harvest Festival' a procession through the streets with the villages, the local priest and the icons. Serenaded by a local band who play those religious classics such as 'Yellow Submarine' and the song I know as 'Hitler only has one ball/ Dad's Army theme tune'. It's a time when the village fills with people once again, as the Lisbon dwellers come back to take part in this traditional annual festival. You can spot the Lisbon dwellers by their shoes....honestly, you can. After the procession, band performance and general standing around waiting for something to happen comes the annual harvest auction. Money raising for the church and to pay the band fee! Local people donate their home grown produce, usually string upon string of onions, and the biggest squash you can imagine. These items are then auctioned to the highest bidder as our local shepherd and honey maker tries his hardest to get money ou...