29 April 2019 – Col de Rates
Wednesday 29 April
It seems likely that we will
be allowed to leave the house to walk and exercise from Saturday. But we are still waiting for more details of
how often, how long and how far.
A programme, but not a
timetable, has been released for coming out of lockdown. The first stage is planned for Monday 4 May,
when dentists and hairdressers will be able to open for appointments. Once more there are no details, and no one
even tries to answer the questions raised.
For example at present you can only drive to go for essential shopping
or medical appointments. Will dentists
and hairdressers now be added, or will we have more freedom to use the car
Jan had a telephone call from
her hairdresser in Jalon this afternoon.
She is ringing clients to try to set up appointments. But Jan declined as she is not yet ready for
such personal treatment. Having been
locked up for seven weeks, and having no contact at all with anyone other than
our immediate neighbours, the prospect of going somewhere so public is quite
challenging. And being up close and
personal with someone who is doing the same with any number of strangers not
something we are ready for yet.
I am sure that we will not be
alone in this attitude. And I suspect
that hair dressers will find it quite difficult to fill their appointment
books.
Thursday 30 April
The long awaited details of
the permission to walk outside the house has finally been released
We heard about it on Facebook
at 8pm last tonight. As expected two
adults from the same household can walk together for one hour each day and must
remain within one kilometer of the house.
It was the timings that caused confusion:
14 years and older 0600 to
1000 and 2000 to 2300
Dependant adults 1000 to 1200
and 1900 o 2000
Younger than 14 years old 1200
to 1900
No idea what “dependant
adults” might mean, but it was suggested that it would apply to anyone over 70
years old.
It would be nice to be able to
check with the town hall, so as to avoid a possible 600 euro fine for walking
at the wrong time. However they closed
at 1700 today for the May Day holiday, and will not open again until Monday
It could only happen in Spain.
We do love living here, but
the administration is always a nightmare.
And never more so than today.
Friday 1 May
It was our last day of power
walking around the swimming pool area and up and down the stairs. We do it twice a day, and it takes about 20
minutes each time. We can walk outside
the house from tomorrow, so no more “hamster walking” for us
It was quite hard going today,
because the summer has finally arrived.
And even these walks are more difficult in 28c. No complaints, it’s lovely to be able to
have our breakfast on the naya in our shirt sleeves.
And as a special treat we had
fish and chips, and mushy peas, from one of our local restaurants tonight. Victoria has introduced take away meals
since they had to close because of lockdown.
They offer a delivery service for an extra 5 euro, or you can order and
collect from the door. Not sure if that
is legal at present, but one of our neighbours does it regularly and offered to
collect them for us. It is the first
time we have had a take away in Spain, and it was a great treat.
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