The Doctor is Calling
Tips to Stay Healthy During Isolation and Quarantine
The sacrifice you make today by following the government instruction on staying at home is saving lives.
Community
At Home Together
If your dog is feeling down or acting strangely it can be because he is picking up on how you are feeling and acting at the moment.
Humans of Majorca
Letter from California from a Human of Majorca
LA has changed — people are actually nicer, when you do see the occasional human while keeping a wide berth walking the dog, people are nicer, friendlier, parting words are always “Be safe”.
The week that was
Walking the dog
An advert had placed on Facebook - For two euros an hour, citizens of A Coruña were being offered several dogs that they could take for a walk.
My Column
More thoughts from an isolated old codger
Can this period of enforced idleness be converted into something positive?
Community
At Home Together
Looking at the group’s topics, by far the most popular thing we are doing at the moment is cooking and baking.
Community
Majorca, At Home Together
Help a neighbour, stay in touch with your family, make regular contact with friends.
Frank Talking
What has she done to her hair, poor woman?
And so my friends, when we do emerge blinking in the daylight when the virus has passed we will all be a sight for sore eyes.
My Column
Life goes by
For now, this is a golden opportunity to listen to silence, embrace one’s family and friends and reach out to those in need even virtually.
The Week That Was
Breaking the quarantine
Vox, it has been said, provided “politician zero” in terms of coronavirus spread - Javier Ortega Smith.
The Doctor is calling
Coronavirus – The Next Weeks and Months
We will prevail. Things will get worse for the next while. Even more draconian measures may be necessary. Recurrent measures may be needed over months or even the next couple of years. People will suffer physically, mentally and financially but I am very confident we will win this fight.
Confidential
I just don't know what to do with myself!
I’m sorry, but I laughed out loud when a mate of mine meekly confessed to having two bidets removed from his gaff last year, which wasn’t very nice of me at all was it?
Out & About
Locked up in Lockdown
We are all being advised to stay at home and act both responsibly and sensibly. Stay safe, but above all stay sane.
- Spain wants Britons to show they have 113.40 euros, £97, per day for their holidays
- Major security alert at Mallorca airport, surprise landing of flights from Morocco and Namibia
- Big changes on the horizon when Britons travel to Mallorca
- Over two hours for Britons to get through Palma airport queues
- Living in a motorhome in Palma: "It'll only get worse"
The Blog
The Post-Virus Tourist
A scenario being offered by the consultants PwC in Spain is that there is only going to a partial recovery until there is a vaccine, and that could be up to a year away.
Andrew Ede07/04/2020 11:54