Saturday 9 May
Lovely sunny morning, and it
was very pleasant to be able to go for our daily walk. Once more we were surprised how few people
were doing so, in fact we didn’t see anyone else out at all. Parcent is usually very quiet, even at the
best of times. And I don’t suppose it
as any quieter than previously. But we
did expect that after such a long lockdown more people would want to take
advantage of the sunny morning.
We move from Level 0 to Level
1 on Monday. Good news, but if anything
more confused than ever about what it will mean. It seems clear that we will be able to go
out in the car together. And apparently
we can drive anywhere in the region (whatever that may mean). But no news about any extension to our
walking limit of one km from the house
I wrote to the town hall this
morning to ask if there are any plans to extend the distance. At present I could run anywhere I wanted in
the valley as “training”. But if Jan and
I walk together it must not be more than one km. Perhaps if we walked faster we could call it
“training”.
I do not have great hopes that
we will be allowed to extend our daily walk.
But at least we will know the official answer when they reply, instead
of relying on “experts” on Facebook.
Sunday 10 May
The more information that is
released about Level 1 the more confused I become. And
from what I hear on UKTV the situation is pretty similar over there too.
We are reasonably happy with
the current situation. The weather is
very pleasant and we can go for a daily walk each day. True we could prefer to be able to walk a
little further, and perhaps even drive to the start of the walk. But it is a huge improvement on house
confinement for six weeks.
There is talk that bars will
open from Monday, though only the outside area and half the tables that were
allowed pre lockdown. There is also a
lot of talk that it will not be worth the expense of opening them in such
conditions. And that is before you take
into account that a lot of (particularly older) people will not want to share a
table in a bar with a load of strangers, even if it is outside. Jan and I are certainly of that opinion at
present.
Monday 11 May
Another lovely morning, and
another very pleasant walk.
We had a very polite reply
from the town hall to our email. They
are asking for further advice on a number of queries raised as a result of
moving to Level 1, including our query about whether we can walk more than 1 km
from the house. As I anticipated, the
town hall are just as confused as the rest of us.
But I am impressed that at
least they are asking for further clarification.
Tuesday 12 May
The town hall replied, and we
are allowed to go hill walking!
They have confirmed that we
can walk further than one km from the house because we are “practising an
outdoor sport such as trekking”. They
even confirm that we could walk up to Col de Rates as an example.
We were really expecting a
prompt “no” to our query, and are so excited that we can do some real walking
now. We will still have to start from
the house, and can not drive to the start of a walk. But there are a lot of options for many walks
such as Jalon, Alcalali and Lliber.
I have now posted this week’s
Lockdown Walking Video on YouTube. You
will find it here
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