Quintin Jardine's blog

We’ve been in Spain for two weeks now, doing the things that grandparents do. For all of that time it has been unseasonably hot, but not any more. The Tramuntana, the north wind that drives men crazy, is blowing hard from the Pyrenees, touching 80kph, and that’s interesting. Forecast is that it will remain with us until Wednesday, but they can never be quite certain. The local sages reckon it either lasts for three days, seven days, or eleven days, but I’ve known it go on for a hell of a lot longer than that.