It’s windy here, really windy. There were pretty strong gusts in the night, but that was just the warm up to today’s wind. I had a walk around the cliff to take it all in and the trees and bushes are a swirling, writhing mass. On checking the updated forecast, they have renewed the weather warning and it’s worse. For tonight they are now predicting winds of up 45m/s at the coast – that’s a staggering 162km/h or 101mph. And they’re not exaggerating. The maximum recorded gust at Port Bou so far has been 41.3m/s (149km/h or 92mph). In Olot, just up the road from us, the maximum gust today has been 20.1m/s (72km/h or 45mph). I looked up the Beaufort scale and above 32.7m/s it’s officially hurricane force winds. We’re only getting storm force 9 here, thankfully! Saying that, we just had a gust that made all the windows shake and I just heard something smash outside.

The noise outside is wild, so we will see what the night brings. To take our mind off the weather we went to Olot to check out cheap package tour in Lanzarote, but unfortunately (for travel agents) it’s cheaper to book on the internet, so our post-conference treat is all paid for. One week flying in the Canaries, from the end of November. Can’t wait.

See photos of today.
 

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