Southwards to Who Knows What?

White Cat hanging on

In the end we had a pleasant month in the Ariege, climbing and hiking, thought the weather was unseasonable, very hot to start with then cool and damp with snow on the high tops - very unusual for October. Our 'favourite feline', White Cat had deteriorated significantly in the three months we had been away, so we decided to stick around to look after her (him!) for her (his) last few days. Anyway - a month later she was still enjoying sleeping, sunshine and tickles and time was pressing on - so we handed her over to John and Jackie, she has become an indoor cat now in their nice warm apartment. Fifteen years is a great innings for a tatty old farm cat but we will miss her :-(

UPDATE - White Cat lasted another 10 days and is now buried in her favourite spot for morning sunshine in the garden.

La Mata - warmer than the UK

Then it was southwards via the snowy Pyrenees to La Mata near Torrevieja, where we have booked a long-let close to the beach to see about some kind of Residency before Brexit. It is all a bit confusing and daunting but the alternative - six months a year in the UK - doesn't bear thinking about.

Settling In

A couple of days in we had a hot day's climbing at Callosa and got back to find the car had been broken into - a large concrete block through the rear driver's side window. There was nothing of value in there but what a nuisance - Welcome to Spain!