Balearic beauty blossoms in the sun

AS we walked across the north Ibiza landscape, it was 29°C and even the lizards were seeking the shade.

We have been blessed with wonderful weather since we set down on this island off the Mediterranean coast of Spain some eight days ago. Sunny days and clear nights, with a moon like a segment of sucked lemon in the sky. We seem to be able to see two ploughs and the stars, which can’t, of course, be right, nor does it sound right. Sean O’Casey’s Joxer would have been even more intrigued had he seen two ploughs rather than one as he contemplated the celestial mysteries from the quarterdeck far out to sea.

The locals tell us it is exceptional that daytime temperatures have averaged 24°C this early April. Exceptional or not, it has brought out the blossom on the trees and the wildflowers everywhere.