Quintin Jardine's blog

Guess what the lady is doing? That’s right, she’s feeding the seagulls. As if …,

This is how the members of the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers, aka Muirfield, choose to enclose their course. That stuff isn’t a holdover from bygone times, it’s new and rust-free.

Why stop there, ladies and gentlemen? Razor wire would convey the message even more effectively.

I’m glad that’s over, and I’m doing my best to see the glass of the new year as half full. Not easy, but somehow I felt uplifted when I opened the curtains and saw this.

Princess Beatrice gets engaged to Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi
— Read on news.sky.com/story/princess-beatrice-gets-engaged-to-edoardo-mapelli-mozzi-11819868

This place is called L’Antiquary, on Platja Riells. At the beginning of May it was a tumbledown shell, now it’s brand new and open for pizza business. Impressive.

The Shadows

Sunday morning ritual, shopping trip with Mia.

Is it my imagination or has the beach in front of the Hostal Ampurias got smaller? An east wind with big waves and there might not be much left.

Sat here at 9:30 this morning watching the time roll away I felt a sudden rush of concern that maybe I should get back to work. Then common sense reasserted itself. Next month will be fine.

This is where I live, on a perfect day.

And so is this.

Later than usual but worth waiting for.