In Need Of A Little Assistance From My Readers!

In need of a little help I hear you ask?

Yes please.

I would like to ask you all a small favour. Its very easy and wont cost a penny.

When you read through my blogs you may see the odd advert. What I'm asking is for you to simply click on one of the ads as you read through. Its not going to make me rich but every time people do this, I get a few cents (and it literally is a few cents so I need a lot of clicks) and as the Tesco advert says 

"Every Little Helps"

I am also going to post the links to all of our social media pages just in case you don't already follow us, or you simply haven't found us yet

One more thing, if you can become a follower of this blog and share it, I Love Los Gigantes that would be fantastic, I know that my blogs get read by thousands of people but I currently only have 10 followers.

I thank you all, and as always stay safe.

Until next time, when I will be writing about somewhere we haven't been in a long time long time,

H x

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There Is A Slight Smell Of Positivity In The Air

Or at least I hope that's what it is!

Our little bar remains open by a thread, along with many other businesses both locally and further afield. It is so sad to see our tiny island this quiet.
The beaches get quite busy at the weekend but it mostly locals,  young families with children who are probably at school all week. The rest of the time the beaches remain eerily quiet as we saw on a trip out last week.

We needed to go to Los Cristianos for a few things so we decided to park on the harbour. Well actually we went down the harbour to turn around but there were so many port police around that we thought it was just easier to drive in to the car park and leave the car there for an hour or so. We have no idea why there were many police around, maybe since covid and brexit they are watching the arrivals and departures a lot closer than they were before.
With the car parked, we headed along San Telmo beach front. Usually this would be a hive of activity and full of people. Its a lovely stroll along the beach front and there are plenty of shops, bars and cafes should you need to stop along the way. On this particular day it was very quiet, just a handful of people passed us along the way.
We decided to walk back along the top road and the scene that greeted us there was pretty much the same as the beach front. There are a few places open and I would imagine they do Ok at the weekends but I do worry how long we can all last on "Weekends"

With all that said, it does feel like things are moving forward in a slightly more positive way. Many people are getting vaccinated now and the process is very simple and stress free. The governments also seem to be talking about "Green" countries. I'm not entirely sure what this means with regards for travel in the coming months and the fact that they are saying that people who have been vaccinated will still need tests doesn't fill me with that much optimism. It also makes me wonder how much confidence they actually have in these vaccines, only time will tell.

We now have an 11PM curfew which is a slight improvement on 10PM but we are still only allowed to have people on the terrace and not inside. While the 11PM is better, it doesn't really make that much of a difference when there are still so few people here, We wait with baited breath for the next bulletin on Thursday and we try to remain hopeful that tourists will be allowed in soon.

I've had a busy time sewing this week and I don't know what I would've done through these times if I hadn't got all my hobbies.
I continue to learn new songs, play guitar and study Spanish but this week I decided to have a look at some summer dresses that have been in my wardrobe for many years. Most of them were too long as I used to where them with sky high platform heels, I've now taken a couple of inches off the hems and given them a new lease of life.
It feels like I've got new frocks so its a win win situation!!

Until next time, stay safe and try to keep the cheese in place

H x

One of my "New" old frocks!

San Telmo Promenade

San Telmo Promenade

San Telmo Promenade

San Telmo

Los Cristianos

Beach front Los Cristianos

Los Cristianos Beach

The Safari Centre

The Safari Centre

Cabin Fever And The Lost Cheese!

People think that because we live on a small island just off Africa where the sun shines most of the time, that Lockdown and isolation has been a walk in the park for us. While it might have been for some folk, I have to admit that cabin fever is really starting to set in now.

I want to travel, I desperately want to see my family and we are all wondering how much longer that this **** can go on for.

We have our weekly routine and I count myself lucky in that I don´t really get that bored and can nearly always fond something to do to pass the time.

I think what I really need is a damn good gig, standing on stage, belting out some big songs and I'll probably be as right as rain. Its great therapy for blowing away the cobwebs. 
When performing is all you have done and it is suddenly taken away from you, the feeling is just awful. Singing into a mobile phone is just not the same. 

Its not just the standing on stage, its the whole package. I have a wardrobe full of posh frocks, most that haven't seen the light of day for well over a year. I've barely worn a pair of sky high heels in twelve months, although the first time I did after coming out of lockdown I almost went flying. Luckily Ed was there to break my fall.

Ed had his Covid jab last week. We had been told that it would be at 7PM last Thursday evening. We rearranged our plans around it only to be told a couple of days later that it would now be at 11AM. It was an easy process, all on time and no fuss. He was fine, although he did say he felt very tired and his arm ached the next day. We did joke that he could go on holiday now and that because I'm so much younger than him it would be quite some time before I could join him!!!

We were lucky to be able to hold a private party at the bar this weekend. Fortunately we remained in level three, we were worried we might have gone to level 4. 

It was Matt's 30th birthday and although we couldn't provide any entertainment or karaoke everybody had a great time and it was a good atmosphere. Sadly everyone had to be gone by 10pm due to the curfew. 

So, another week and we wait and see what they throw at us this week

Until next time, stay safe

H x

Please note, the 2nd photo is a throw back to when people were allowed in and we could have a whopping 10 people sat together!!!!

This ones a throw back from when we could have 10 to a table and we could be inside!!!

The Hat Of Positivity Is Waning!

I´m late with my blog this week and to be honest the cheese has slipped a little. If I´m really honest the cheese went AWOL for a few days, I think its slowly getting back on track.

Easter or F'easter as it is known in our house has passed and all the folk that came down from the north have now gone home. While it infuriates the hell out of me that they come down and use our facilities and barely spend a penny, I get that many of these people have not been away from home in goodness knows how long and a break was probably just what they needed.

The Easter restrictions were due for revision yesterday but it still seems that our cases are too high to move us back to level 2 so we remain in level 3. I suppose the only positive is that they didn't put us on level 4, although I'm not convinced that they won't in the near future, we will see.

This once again means the 10PM curfew continues along with no indoor drinking or dining, along with no live entertainment. I'm really missing the Live entertainment and can't wait to be gigging again soon.

Los Gigantes feels eerily quiet at times and at other times there are very few people milling about. While we are all trying to remain as positive as we can, I think most of us in reality are beginning to feel like we are slowly losing our livelihoods, and everything that we have worked so hard for is slipping away. It's like the rug is being pulled from under our feet! 

Jet 2 have just announced that they are now out of action until late June as apposed to Late May, and today Prince Philip has passed away, its a sad day all round.

We all continue to muddle through as best we can and the locals of Los Gigantes are being as supportive as they can, and we are so thankful for this, however the village really needs the tourists back and we all need to be able to travel again.
We are all desperate to see our families and while Face Time and video calling is great, it just isn't, and never will be the same.

On a more positive note I have just read on the local press that they are opening three new vaccination centres on the island and they will begin mass vaccinations immediately. This has to be good news, and while I'm not in favour of being vaccinated I will gladly take it if it means travel restrictions can be lifter sooner rather than later.

Until next time, stay safe 

H x

I have enclosed a few photos of a lonely Los Gigantes waiting for everyone return, we just hope that we can come back bigger and stronger