No one ever said the love of your life had to be a person. Men have come and gone but one love story has endured through decades of my life - with a rural village in Catalunya.
After 30 years, I can still recall the moment I fell for Àger. Gazing at the Sierras del Montsec on the final day of my holiday, I wondered if I could somehow live in this place that seemed lost in time.
Back in the 1980s, a group of Irish hang- gliding pilots had discovered the area for themselves. Set in the pre-Pyrenees, two hours inland from Barcelona, Àger would become established as one of the top flying sites in Spain, Europe and the world.