Thank Goodness I Have No Intention Of Going To The Beach!!!

We had a lovely ride out today and found ourselves in the town of El Medano. It's somewhere we don't visit very often, in fact its probably been two or three years since our last visit. 

We arrived at around 1.30 pm and managed to get a parking space close to the centre, this was an achievement. We took a stroll down a a couple of the side streets and made our way to the beach front. It was busy! It was so busy that you could be fooled in to thinking there is no pandemic, that is until you see all the red tape and socially distanced tables in the cafes and restaurants.
We found a lovely little restaurant and there was one little table all alone and it was available. I grabbed it and we sat and had a couple of drinks and some tapas. We were right on the waters edge and it was just gorgeous. 

The beach was busy but there were barriers all the way along and they were only allowing a certain amount of people to go on. I wonder if it will be so busy tomorrow now that the government has announced that masks must be worn at all times on the beach. I find this sad, and once again I feel that the minority is to blame. I hate wearing masks as much as the next person, its the law and we have to do it!

Just near where we live, there is a kiddies play park and in Covid level three restrictions it is closed off. There is red tape around it, it has been like this since last week, I have seen numerous amounts of both kids and adults in there acting like nothing has changed. Its like they simply don't care. This pandemic is not going to go away until we just accept it and go by the rules. There is no point in arguing as it will only prolong things, most of us just want to ride it out, do what needs to be done and get back to some kind of "normal" and see our families.
We are now following the Covid rules as best we can but because of the minority that simply refuse to play by the rules we are not getting anywhere, and it feels almost like we are being punished.

So we are in Covid level three and most of our long stay winter British visitors have now gone home. We are now left we  a small core of locals, for how long is anyone's guess as both the Spanish and the  UK governments both keep changing the goal posts. Level three means that once again we have a 10PM till 6AM curfew, indoor areas of bars and restaurants are off limits and live entertainment is banned. This is until at least the 10th of April and then we will wait and see where we go from there.

We have talked about the possibility of going away for a few days but we would rather wait until we can go somewhere we really want to go instead of just going somewhere for the sake of it. Unless cabin fever kicks in with a vengeance we will just stay put and opt for day trips around our island.
Today was El Medano and its amazing that somewhere just a few kilometres from home can have such a completely different feel and vibe. Lets see where we end up next week!

Until next time

H x

Eddie and I enjoying Tapas at the waters edge!

When I took photo there was noone, however 10 previous was a different story