The forecast was for windy weather, and so it was. We took our paragliders just in case and drove out to Olot, but could see the cloud duvet on Puig Sacalm and knew it wasn’t worth going flying. Instead we continued the tourist activities. Today’s turn was Vic, which is near Belmunt. We first went there nearly 14 years ago on our first foreign holiday together. At the time we were much taken with the town and tried to persuade my parents to move there when they came to live in Spain. However, being in the central depression, it is prone to strong inversions, which trap fog and smog under it, which can lay over the place like a blanket – sometimes for days on end.

However, when the sun is shining it’s a lovely place and even more improved since we went there all those years ago. With the new tunnel it’s only 45 minutes from home. We’ll go more often, as the landscape changes over the pass (or through the tunnel). On our side it’s very green, on the Vic side there’s more exposed rock and the place looks very different.

When we got to Vic the Saturday market was on. It’s a big affair, taking up all of the Plaza Mayor and the streets around it. We browsed and then walked around the old town.

See photos of today.

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