11 April 2019 - Tarbena
Wednesday 22 April
We received a copy of an email
from Valencia that 65 and over are to be issued free face masks, but to check
with the local town hall to ensure we are registered on the padron. I sent an email yesterday, and got a reply
today to confirm that it is true and we are registered. They confirmed that we would receive masks
and hand cleaner, and that it would be delivered. However they did not say how many masks or
when they would be delivered.
It was also announced today
that the lockdown will be extended until 11 May. The hoped for relaxing of house arrest has
also been approved, but only for children under 14 years. It will come into effect in four days, but
no details yet of how it will be applied.
Very typical Spain, all confusion and misinformation.
Once more there is speculation
that the restrictions will be relaxed at the end of this next extension. There is nothing official, just lots of
rumour. After this disappointment we
will not be expecting anything after 11 May.
It would be nice if it happens, but we are not expecting it.
Thursday 23 April
When lockdown started we did
our daily exercise around the empty villa opposite us. It has been empty since we moved here in
2006, and we only see people there once or twice a year. It has a steep drive and we spent twenty
minutes up the drive and around the outside area. We did it twice a day and had no problems,
except for a barking dog next door.
Last week we noticed car tyre
marks when we did it just after a rain shower.
We didn’t think too much about it.
But last Monday a car drove up just as Jan was finishing her circuit. The Spanish driver was polite, but told her
that it was dangerous using the abandoned house. We don’t know if someone complained (perhaps
the owner of the barking dog), but it seems a coincidence that someone visited
the house twice in a week. Anyway we
decided not to use it again.
We then started exercising
around our swimming pool. We walk up
and down the outside steps as fast as we can ten times, then we power walk
around the pool for fifteen minutes and finish with another ten on the
steps. Within a day or two a few of our
neighbours also started doing similar exercise. This morning our next door neighbours, who
are keen ballroom dancers, did some practice dancing around the pool! It was a most unusual scene with three
houses power walking around their individual pools, and a fourth dancing around
theirs!
I think this lockdown must be
getting to us, but fortunately it has got to the neighbours as well.
Friday 24 April
Valencia has authorised the
issue of facemasks and hand gel, and today we received our quota from Parcent
town hall. Four facemasks and a small
bottle of hand cleaner were delivered to the door. Two of the masks were once only, the other
two can be cleaned.
Not too sure why the free
issue now, because everyone is still confined to their house. On Sunday children under 14 years will be
able to exercise outside, but they are not required to wear face masks.
According to Facebook some
Farmacia issue free facemasks to over 65s.
Not sure if that applies to Parcent, though someone thought that it
did. Next time Jan goes shopping she will
call in on the way back and see.
Perhaps this is in preparation
for the anticipated relaxation of the restrictions on 11 May. It is still at the speculation stage, but
apparently there is a lot of political pressure to do so.
Meanwhile we have now
completed six weeks in house arrest, and have at least another two to look
forward to.
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