Hope everybody well23 Mar 2020 10:51
Under the current unprecedented times I hope that everyone is well and following government guidelines.
We are currently locked down in Spain until 11th April and have been for 9 days now. I expect this strategy to work here and feel that Boris has not done enough in just advising rather than telling people and locking down quickly!
In Spain we are allowed out just to go to the local supermarket and only one of us can go. There are no restrictions on how much you buy but the local people do not have the same selfish, greedy attitude that appears to be happening in the UK and all shelves are reasonably full on a daily basis and you can get anything you want. It is just a matter of being a bit slower for the shopping as they only allow so many people in to the store at a time.
The only other time we can leave the house is to do a bin run, so myself and my wife take it in turns on a daily basis to walk our rubbish down to the nearest refuse area (less than 50 metres away!) Although I let her have my turn yesterday as it was Mothers Day!
Police do stop people that they see outside and will give on the spot fines. A couple who live a few doors away were fined 200 euros on Friday for being in the car together with no special excuse!
The majority of people, all in our urbanisation, are sticking by the law and are staying in. Because of this hopefully in a couple of weeks we will see a major slowing down of the effects here. What worries me is that the UK are not doing enough and, from what we are seeing, will be like Italy within the next week! Massive acceleration!
Please stay indoors, don't be selfish and grab all the food you want or feel you need. Remember we need to keep together in spirit but not physically, that way we will come out of this sometime with the least bruising. It was worse in the blitz but everybody helped each other then!
I also would like a safe place to come home to when we eventually feel it is safe to travel and get back home. Otherwise we'll be staying here, away from the madness!
All the best to you all and keep smiling!
Bantam
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