A mid-life crisis prompted writer Simon Prichard to try and rekindle his love affair with Spain. For six months he wandered from fiesta to fiesta to get a concentrated dose of the Spanish genius for celebration. Among other oddities, he took part in a smoke procession, witnessed a drunken pole climbing contest, saw young men whip themselves with medieval scourges and was beaten with burning torches by an entire village. A talk based on the book that Simon really should get around to publishing.

Thank you to Camino Restaurant and Wines from Spain.