There should have been 14 of us for the first walk of 2021.
On Saturday night the Jalon town hall issued a new list of restrictions on their Facebook page. Due to a steep rise in Covid 19 infections in the valley all markets and sports were suspended. Worse still “also limit contacts to family nucleus and avoid being with people you don’t live with”
We were already aware that the situation was getting worse in the Valencian Region, but our sleepy little valley had always seemed to avoid the rising infection rate in the major towns and along the coast. There had been a few isolated infections, but they were always dealt with.
On Saturday morning we had walked into Jalon from Parcent, and were surprised how busy the Rastro market was, and how little social distance seemed to take place. There is a marked route around the market, and that was also ignored. We walked on the other side of the road to avoid the market.
It has now turned pretty cold, and we could see that everyone was sitting inside the bars, which were also very busy. Since the start of lockdown we have always tried to avoid sitting inside bars, and today we found one bar with a sunny courtyard to have our coffee.
Even before the new restrictions we had already decided to abandon our usual after walk drinks. But these new restrictions made it clear that it would be unsafe and very unwise to continue our weekly walks.
So we have suspended both walks until we feel that it is safe to walk in groups again. We will continue to walks on our own, both regular walks and our hour long walks from the house.
Today we did a four hour walk from the house. It was not the same as walking with our
group of friends, but it was better than staying at home. At least, for the present anyway, we are not
restricted to the house as we were during the first lockdown.
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