Geoff writes: forecasts in Spain (at least this part of it) are as unreliable as they are in the UK, at least in autumn/winter, but normally when they get it wrong, it’s actually better than they forecast. Today, though, it was worse, which is a shame because it was Wayne’s last full day. The first thing we did was cancel the possible trip to Berga, because Nicky thought it would be crap there (and she was right, it turned out). We thought about various sites around here, and then decided to put off a decision by going to see the Argelaguer tree house, a stunning creation by one man, which we often take visitors to. A massive construction, with three towers to climb up – no chance at all it could ever be built in the UK, given obsessive health and safety rules. And totally free.

Following that, we decided to try Santa Brigida, the site which always works, except this time it didn’t – due to the total lack of sun and wind. Wayne ended up doing a fly down. So we then drove to Xenacs, on the way home, a 900m mountain where you get a great view of the volcanic region here. On the way, I got breathalysed, for no reason at all – the police here don’t need a reason to stop you. But given that we were on our way to a bar, rather than leaving one, it wasn’t a problem.

Xenacs was really nice, as always, and would be a wonderful place to have a launch, and it used to be, except for some reason, people didn’t use it and it has now become overgrown. We finished off with a drink in the bar part way down. And it started raining (not much, but a bit depressing nevertheless).

The good news is that the weather should be good tomorrow. The bad news, for Wayne, is that he is leaving.

Oh well, can’t be epic every visit.

See photos of today.

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