We sailed down from France to Spain a couple of days ago. We had to cross the Gulf of Lions which has a reputation for being very windy. We had no wind but a lumpy sea for the first half and 20 knots from astern for the second half so overall not bad. We are visiting Suzie, an old school friend of Amanda's, and her husband Charley. They have been showing us around the local area which has been great. They have taken us to many pretty villages. And up into the mountains away from the coast. This was a pretty impressive waterfall. You can see people standing at the top to give you some scale. Here is the same waterfall from the top. This area of Spain is Catalonia and they recently held a referendum for independence from Spain. The Spanish government quashed the referendum and arrested the local politicians who organised it. The result has been now a much bigger percentage of Catalan people want independence. The signs on the tower are typical of what you see everywhere calling for independance and the release of the politicians arrested. These yellow ribbons are in support of the arrested politicians and you see them everywhere. Here you can see the rutts made by the old carts that travelled this ancient road. More signs of the Catalan independence movement. The flag is the Catalan independence flag and the sign says Free the Political Prisoners.
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