BACK IN SPAIN - DEC 31ST 2011

THE LAST DAY OF 2011 WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR ITS GLORIOUS WEATHER AND OUR HOME COMING. IT IS DELIGHTFUL TO BE BACK IN SUNNY SPAIN AGAIN AFTER SPENDING CHRISTMAS IN THE UK. A WALK TO THE SHOP THIS MORNING WAS GREAT, EVERYONE WE MET SMILED AND GREETED US WITH BUENAS DIAS, EVEN THE SHOP ASSISTANT WISHED US A HAPPY NEW YEAR.

WE HAD A LOVELY CHRISTMAS IN THE UK WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS BUT EVERYDAY WAS DULL, DISMAL AND WET. THE ONLY DRY DAY (28TH DEC) WAS COLD AND WINDY.

ALL PHOTOS WERE TAKEN TODAY AT 3PM FROM OUR TOP TERRACE.


WE SPENT THE WHOLE OF THE 29TH DRIVING THROUGH FRANCE, DULL, WET AND DISMAL. ON THE 30TH WE DROVE FROM TOULOUSE TO GAUCIN PASSING THROUGH THE PYRENEES. ON THE FRENCH SIDE IT WAS PICTURESQUE WITH A COVERING OF SNOW AND ON THE SPANISH SIDE IS WAS DRY AND CLEAR WITH LOTS OF SUNSHINE.



TODAY IN GAUCIN WE HAVE WARM TEMPERATURES, WALL TO WALL SUNSHINE, I CAN'T THINK WHY I'D RATHER BE HERE THAN ANYWHERE ELSE!



IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT NEW YEAR - WE HAVE LOTS OF BOOKINGS - PLENTY OF BIRDING TRIPS TO DO - WATCH THIS SPACE I AM GOING TO ATTEMPT 150 SPECIES IN JANUARY IN SPAIN!!



HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ONE AND ALL.