Quintin Jardine's blog

Last year I binned Sky TV in Spain, (where you’re not supposed to have it anyway, but many ex-pats do) reckoning I could get through the winter with just a Freesat box. Wrong. My spirit is weak. But I haven’t gone back to the Dirty Digger and son, no, I’ve signed up for Canal +, and after the inevitable teething troubles I can report that it’s better. There is even a clever wee button on the remote that allows me to select the original language when available. Most of the time I don’t use it, though. ‘Sac d’esquina’ sounds so much more interesting than ‘corner kick’, and a Targeta Roja means ‘You’re off!’ in any language.