Mike Mate

Went ashore to the Sagrada Familia and what did I see. I saw Greenpeace in action. There were climbers up the cranes, one-hundred-and seventy meters high. And there were banners – SAVE THE CLIMATE – coming down the sides. It was windy; guessing a force 6 at the top (too strong for the big banner). I spent a couple of hours there, looking up, wondering where we are all headed. Couldn’t recognise the crew – they were too small, so high in the sky. I’d have stayed longer but there was the Rainbow Warrior to tend to – and so I headed back home. In the late afternoon, as the sun was setting, the wind dropped enough to unfurl the main message – WORLD LEADERS MAKE THE CLIMATE CALL. I watched it unfurl on you-tube.

Construction on Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia began in 1882. It is expected to be complete in 2026 – in a very different world.