Since my last blog update in August we have continued on the pandemic road. Our beautiful corner of Spain has experienced a low rate of deaths due to Covid 19. The wise heads have put this down to the fact that we observe social distancing and wear masks everywhere when we are away from home.
We are presently under a midnight to 06.00 curfew and the restaurants and cafe´s have limited table space. We have not found this to be a problem. I watch the goings on in the UK and sometimes it seems as though we are on a different planet. Time will tell if common sense will finally take a firm hold of the disbelievers and idiots in the UK.
Margaret and I have been avid followers of the Presidential election in the USA. I´ve got a vivid imagination but I would have been hard put to come up with some of the stuff that has been going on. We have visited America three times in recent years and would have made it a fourth if Covid hadn´t stopped us. We like the country and the people and hope that the darkness and insanity of the past four years will finally be lifted when Joe Biden takes over in January ably assisted by Kamala Harris. Let´s hope that the UK takes the opportunity to elect a new leader at the first opportunity.
We were having coffee in the shopping centre near where we live when we saw a friend we hadn´t seen for a couple of years, Back in 2011, Ian and his partner Lesley Sharrock were responsible for setting me on the path to writing my first novel. Sadly, Lesley passed away and Ian is now not enjoying the best of health. It was good to see him and remember some of the times we shared. We really hope that the future is kind to him.
The first Thursday in September saw me speaking to the lovely members of the Vall del Pop U3A. I spoke about my time in HM Prison Service and how the pandemic will have effected life in prison. I thoroughly enjoyed the couple of hours and thanks to Bob Welham for his welcome.
We have been out and about and have found some restaurants which are new to us. Let´s hope that Christmas will have some semblance of what we have come to expect. Governments across the world can issue advice and orders but, at the end of the day, it is down to the individual to make it work. Let´s hope we see some real improvement in the situation before we welcome in 2021.
Stay safe.
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Since my last blog update in August we have continued on the pandemic road. Our beautiful corner of Spain has experienced a low rate of deaths due to Covid 19. The wise heads have put this down to the fact that we observe social distancing and wear masks everywhere when we are away from home.
We are presently under a midnight to 06.00 curfew and the restaurants and cafe´s have limited table space. We have not found this to be a problem. I watch the goings on in the UK and sometimes it seems as though we are on a different planet. Time will tell if common sense will finally take a firm hold of the disbelievers and idiots in the UK.
Margaret and I have been avid followers of the Presidential election in the USA. I´ve got a vivid imagination but I would have been hard put to come up with some of the stuff that has been going on. We have visited America three times in recent years and would have made it a fourth if Covid hadn´t stopped us. We like the country and the people and hope that the darkness and insanity of the past four years will finally be lifted when Joe Biden takes over in January ably assisted by Kamala Harris. Let´s hope that the UK takes the opportunity to elect a new leader at the first opportunity.
We were having coffee in the shopping centre near where we live when we saw a friend we hadn´t seen for a couple of years, Back in 2011, Ian and his partner Lesley Sharrock were responsible for setting me on the path to writing my first novel. Sadly, Lesley passed away and Ian is now not enjoying the best of health. It was good to see him and remember some of the times we shared. We really hope that the future is kind to him.
The first Thursday in September saw me speaking to the lovely members of the Vall del Pop U3A. I spoke about my time in HM Prison Service and how the pandemic will have effected life in prison. I thoroughly enjoyed the couple of hours and thanks to Bob Welham for his welcome.
We have been out and about and have found some restaurants which are new to us. Let´s hope that Christmas will have some semblance of what we have come to expect. Governments across the world can issue advice and orders but, at the end of the day, it is down to the individual to make it work. Let´s hope we see some real improvement in the situation before we welcome in 2021.
Stay safe.
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