This requires a certain leap of faith but it was the moment when I first glimpsed the Pyrenees from our terrace.

If you examine the photo with an open mind you will see, just over the copse of trees in the background, a faint shadow in the sky. (Believe me it looks much more defined to the naked eye) this is the Pyrenees, and if my shaky understanding of distances and perspective is right, it should in fact be Mount Canigou. Its certain lack of definition stops us from calling the house Pyrenees View, or Radhairc Na mPyrenees as we would do in Ireland.