December 4, 2010

  • Saturday 4th December 2010

    Saturday Morning: Clear, sunny and calm, currently 9C after an overnight low of 4C heading to 14 today.....

    Thursday was dark and cold, we had some rain, it was also very windy...yuk.... 9C My Mum was still unwell and spent the day wrapped up by the fire watching the TV...... Chrissie and I went to town to get the groceries....

    Yesterday was mostly clear and sunny, but with a cold wind from the north it was only 9C. I took my Mum for a long drive up and around the mountain and then into the valley, which was nice. In the car it was bright and warm, the sunshine making everything look really colourful.....

    This is a view of the village yesterday from higher up the mountain.....

    There is such a contrast between the UK and Spain at this time of the year and it is simply that Spain retains it's colour..... The trees are green, there are flowers, Spanish buildings have bright colours and it all cheers you up compared to the drab greys and browns of the UK in December....

    It seems even more incredible that we ever got out of England this week, Tuesday we were one of the last flights to get away before the snow storm closed the airport for three days, now as Gatwick has reopened we hear that the Spanish air traffic controllers have walked out and gone on strike and Spanish air space has been closed until Sunday at least!  On the bright side our temperatures are set to rise dramatically over the next three days and we are expecting 22C by Tuesday.......