We’ve all gone on a summer holiday

A collection of climate stories mostly

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The build-up to a holiday is important. The planning and preparation sometimes more fun than the holiday.

It reminds me of childhood Christmases and great expectations when the bumper double week edition of the Radio Times magically appeared from Mum’s shopping bag. I’d studiously sit at the table pouring over listings, deciding whether we were in for a good TV Christmas or not? This was my only important contribution to the Christmas magic as far as I can remember.

True Grit starring John Wayne on Christmas afternoon again, did not bode well. Another year of too many repeats. And there were only three channels to watch.

I’ve been wearing my least favourite clothes during the holiday countdown. It includes undies, the pairs with no chance of making it into the suitcase and shirts I’d forgotten, buried deep under a pile of more popular options.

If we’d just been going to France again, I wouldn’t have bothered consulting a map, leaving it to the Tesla’s navigation as usual. But Sitges is south of Barcelona and I was interested to see what charging options existed south of the border?