Geoff writes: a nice day was forecast, but we thought it would probably be too windy for flying, so went skiing (me having more or less recovered from my near-fatal accident of yesterday). In the mountains, the weather wasn’t as good as we expected, cloudy, with wet snow at the bottom of the pistes. We stayed high up, but eventually it got clagged in, and started spitting with rain, so after three hours or so we gave up – cloud, rain and wet snow don’t make for a great days skiing. At home it was sunny and warm. The difference 50km makes.

But I did have a nice experience to counter the crap a couple of days ago with the Guardia Civil. The van was booked in for repairs, so whilst I was waiting I went to a cafe, where the owners started chatting to me, asking me what such and such a phrase was in English. When it was time to pay for my coffee, they refused to take any money, because – they said – I was so friendly.

Next time, I’ll order a full meal…

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