We got up at 5am to get the ferry to Malta and head for the airport. It was raining for the first time in the whole week and as we were driving to the airport we were provided with a spectacular lightning display at sea all around us.

When we got back to Girona it was raining… Geoff had left my glider in the van so I could go flying on the way home. No chance. As I drove home I could see flooding, water logged fields and the rivers higher than I have seen them all year.

In the evening I got a call from my parents telling me of the storm which hit our area the night before, with 100kph winds, rain, snow etc. Olot, 6km up the road, but 100m higher, has thick snow and is in chaos. The Rupit road was closed and my parents had to make a huge round trip via Vic to get home (it took them 6 hours, including shopping for the next week in case they can’t get out again). They had to dig out their garage and steps. More bad weather forecast for the next few days. 185cm of snow in Masella though!

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