How the Visigoths contributed to the fall of Rome

Montagut - Roses - L'Escala

Weather: Have gone straight to Blogger avoiding my iGoogle page so I can live in blissful(ish) ignorance of weatherforecast.  Can it get any worse?  My guess is "yes".

So, Montagut and one last walk.  It looked like a very small village we were walking to.  In fact it was a church, a campsite and a hotel, all closed!  

The walk involved crossing a stream so David did some civil engineering and constructed a stepping stone crossing.

After watching David totter across I took off my socks and shoes (and later my shirt to dry my feet!) and walked across.  Nice thought tho'.

It was a lovely campsite but we were ready to leave after a Dutch couple dared to camp next to us and David felt he had to work our boundaries.

Normally he grills our tea outside the van but this called for more extreme measures.  However we were paid back the next morning when we opened the door all bleary eyed with sleep on our way to the block to find the couple looking straight in to our van waiting for the show to start!

So for David's blood pressure it was time to leave and we drove off to Roses to meet our lovely friends Lindsey, David and Kenzo the dog.  They met us at our campsite which was a bit of a trailer trash place, but the alcoholic presents (V nice) they brought lessened the shock.  Last time we went to the restaurant we ate at outside Roses there was lovely sunshine and it was pretty busy.  This time we were the only sit down customer and when the gale was at its worst David managed to borrow a jacket off the owner's son.

But it was good to see the Baileys and we had a nice meal and a good catch up and scarpered early the next morning.  I'm sure Roses is lovely in the sun but it's not a great place in the rain.

Off to L'Escala and a happy re-union with my brother and sister-in-law.  More alcohol and more food but the next day they disappeared to Barcelona.  Was it us?  I like to think it was the freezing cold weather.

David has just reminded me about the Visigoths.  As we lay in bed this morning listening to the rain I asked for a brief explanation of the Irish political parties (I know, but cold weather can do this sort of thing to your mind) and as a bonus David threw in a summary of the factors leading to the fall of Rome.

He would like me to repeat them here but you will have to wait for his turn as a guest editor next week. I'm going to ask my family to edit the blog next week but I'm open to offers from outside the family too if you're feeling creative!