There's no denying that we've had a wee bit more rain than usual this year but our agricultural sector isn't complaining because this season's crop harvest will be a bumper one! However, down at the Las Salinas salt pans they're not so happy as the salt harvest has been reduced from 60,000 to 35,000 tons. Salt is still produced here in the same way used by the Carthaginians thousands of years ago - the salt-water solution slowly evaporates in the sun leaving the salt crystals to be harvested. This year a few sudden downpours have ruined all the good work done by the sun in a matter of minutes, turning the salt back into salt-water! (Sounds like a job for the Wimbledon groundsman). Normally, Ibicencan salt is used to grit Scotland's frozen roads and by the Norwegians to preserve fresh cod as 'bacalao' which ironically finds its way back to Ibiza as a fishy delicacy.