'Sunrise' at 9 ... PM

Having reminded Adam that he ought to look at the night sky before he leaves, he got something of a shock when he stepped out last night. In the exact spot where the sun rises, there was a yellow blob yet, being 9pm, all around was dark. 

The quite surreal spectacle was, of course, caused by the almost full moon and some weird refraction away to the east.

We had been treated to a spectacularly large moon on Tuesday evening as we travelled in to Cadiar.There have been clear skies for many days now and the predicted temperature drop has well and truly kicked in. Whilst walking across to my 'orphan' parcel of land this morning, we actually encountered frost. 

Today is Adam's last day at Los Ruices for a while and it will be a 6.30am lift-off in the morning as we head off to Granda airport for him to catch his flight to Barcelona where he's meeting some friends before returning to Bristol. The threat of snow has lifted and, as it's been dry, we're hopefully not going to encounter any 'excitement' on the journey (though it will undoubtedly be a struggle getting out of a warm bed at that time).