Some very sad news this week, my granny very sadly passed away on Friday, she had been sick for a while but unfortunately we discovered that she had contracted Covid on Wednesday and from there her condition worsened very quickly. It was a very sad day on Thursday when we learnt that she was unlikely to recover, however it was made much better by a nice zoom video chat between the Haydocks, many of whom I hadn’t seen in a long time. Hopefully when this crisis is all over we will all be able to meet up and give her the proper send off she deserves.
Pedro Sanchez announced earlier this week that from this weekend we can go out for excercise, however only between the hours of 6-10am and 8-11pm so that children and at risk people can go out undisturbed in the times between . This morning I got up at 7am so I could make the most of this time. Unsurprisingly it was rammed, we had been told to maintain a distance of 2 metres distance however with so many people out at the same time it doesn’t seem very feasible. Nevertheless it was nice to be out running again, luckily my runs around the patio have managed to somewhat maintain my fitness.
I had another haircut this week, I am told that barbers will be reopening from Monday which can’t come quick enough…
Earlier this week Pedro Sanchez also announced Spain’s deescalation measures. He says there will be 4 phases with phase 4 being a ‘new normality’ where we will remain until there is a vaccine. Currently we are in phase 0, a preparation stage where lockdown measures will remain. Phase 1 will begin on May 11th with small shops reopening by appointment only, restaurants and bars with outside seating will also reopen, but only at 30% capacity. I read that a lot of bars and restaurants won’t reopen as for them it would cost more to reopen at 30% capacity than to stay shut until they can serve more people. From phase 1 Spain will progress to each stage every 2 weeks depending on the situation and if we can maintain the current downward trend. The idea is to be in the ‘new normality’ by late June, we still don’t know what this entails exactly but it should at least be fairly close to the way things were before the crisis.
2022 and all that 