Saturday 9 May 2020

Lockdown - Two Months and Counting

Chez Arran - summer on the way.
Down some lazy river

 We thought we might be held in the Ariege for a month or so with the Covid 19 lockdown across the whole of France. In the event, the lockdown was extended and then extend again as the disease raced through Europe and on round the world - eight weeks+ so far, though Monday the restrictions are to be eased.
Sinsat chapel and mountain
We were allowed out for shopping and exercise - once a day, for one hour, within a kilometre of home, and avoiding parks and footpaths. With a little bending of the rules, we stretched the time and distance limits a little to enable us to make a decent walk on a daily basis. There are three basic directions we can head from Chez Arran - uphill, downhill and left by the river and downhill and right through the park - with a little imagination we manage to do something a little different every day for the past 50+ days.
Monday will be different - we can return to 'normal' activities and travel up to 100km without needing a form explaining what we are doing.
Climbing might be nice though as might be expected the forecast is terrible - lets see what happens.

No comments:

Around the Loop

Snowshoeing at Beille We left the Costa Blanca with some misgivings, we had been there quite a while and were well settled, plus I wasn'...