Hold on to your hats!

Thursday morning while drinking my breakfast coffee,  I checked email,  headlines in the papers and then the weather forecast for Yátor.  There were 87 weather warnings across Spain,  81 of which were for high winds, the other 6 for snow.  And sure enough, during the morning 'space-ship' clouds starting forming to the north - west of us.

But very strangely the wind - more of a gentle breeze than anything - was quite warm and the afternoon reached 17.5°.   Warm enough to go for a walk in a sleeveless t-shirt.  Odd. 

Needless to say it didn't last,  and by the evening we had strong gusts of wind and there were leaves and almond blossom hurtling past the lounge window.   As the sun set, though,  we had the most colourful sky...

taken at 18.50 - not a river below us but the pista to Yator.

at 18.52

at 18.54

at 18.57

Friday morning there were 124 weather warnings,  only  a dozen or so for snow, the rest for high winds again.  Another breezy but warm day until sunset when the winds really picked up speed.  And then blew all night,  so noisy,  it howled round the house,  moved the dog kennel which is tucked in the corner of the garden under the olive tree, (no dogs inside,  it probably wouldn't have moved with their weight in as well!!)    plant pots blown over,  dust and grit and leaves covering the terrace....a couple of brief power cuts late in the evening, just off long enough to light candles and then back on again.

This morning we woke after a very disturbed nights sleep to drizzle in the wind,  but going horizontally so not pleasant and we only had a very short walk.  Enough for dogs to do what they need in the morning...

But there was a nice rainbow

Yes, the streetlight is leaning, not me!    It's loose at the base.


And this mornings weather?  175 warnings :O  across Spain.  Oh my!  Gusts predicted to reach 90km/hr here,  so no clearing up outside until this is all over.  As I write this,  we think the worst is over as although it's gusty it's not too strong and we've been for a nice walk in the sunshine.  Still surprisingly warm too,  I took a fleece but didn't need to wear it.

Maybe I should have checked before saying 'we think it's all over'  because the warning for Nevada y Alpujarras is gusts up to 130km/h - maybe tomorrow will be calmer.