Monday 22 February 2021

Still Here, Still Waiting

Our pad in the sun - that will do
Five weeks since we moved from La Mata to Mascarat, and it has been very pleasant: nice weather, a great pad, a bit of climbing and a few local felines to keep us occupied. I have had a stack of work to get on with, both on the Blanca guidebook and on a variety of crags for the Rockkfax App. We have also done a load of walking, locally and further afield.

Sunset over the Puig Campana
I got the call for my first Covid 19 jab back in the UK two weeks ago - I'm glad to report the surgery have assured me I can get it as soon as we are back home. We have already booked a ferry: Santander to Portsmouth for the middle of March, though technically we still can't travel across borders in Spain - hopefully that will change in the next fortnight.

Of course we are supposed to be out of the EU by the end of March (Brexit) but I found something on the Spanish Gov website that said if you were here within the 90 day limit and got stuck by the "State of Alarm" this would automatically be extended by 12 weeks - to be deducted off your next 90 days. Useful!

So, still here, still waiting and still enjoying it.






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