Dear John,
Here is the view from mid Vernet.
From our sitting room, the church is to the right . Le Canigou is due south, as can be seen, the time is mid afternoon.
The clock is accurate as are all clocks in Catalonia. They all strike on the hour. When there is more than one clock in a village, the senior clock strikes first, then, exactly two minutes later the second clock follows suit. I had not really noticed this in Vernet, however when walking around the Spanish town not far from the airport, I noticed that their clocks did the same, so I called in at the Tourist Office and asked the young lady what it was all about.
She told me about their taking turns to strike, so I asked her whether there was a Catalan town where there were 30 churches all with striking clocks and whether they also struck in turn (if so there would be no end to the racket). Of course, I did not put it quite like that. Funnily enough, she appeared to have lost her command of English at this point and Marisa pulled me, rather roughly, I thought, from the shop.
Do have a wonderful time and show us a few snaps on your return
Neil
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