Wednesday, May 20, 2020

LOCKDOWN CASTELLDEFELS - DAY 66 – Wednesday, 20th May

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On the Port Ginesta side of the Paseo I noticed a police car awkwardly stopped in the middle of the road.   As I appro...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

LOCKDOWN CASTELLDEFELS - DAY 65 – Tuesday, 19th May

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The Tuesday People Syndrome was in full operation this morning as I took my bike ride.   I first observed this phenom...
Monday, May 18, 2020

LOCKDOWN CASTELLDEFELS - DAY 64 – Monday, 18th May

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One of the key moments in the day is no more: our applause for the health and front line workers has now been terminat...
Sunday, May 17, 2020

LOCKDOWN CASTELLDEFELS - DAY 63 – Sunday, 17th May

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Today is, apparently, the last day of the daily ritual of applauding the front line workers at 8pm.  Is this a significant moment?  Why ...
Saturday, May 16, 2020

LOCKDOWN CASTELLDEFELS - DAY 62 – Saturday, 16th May

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A lie-in today!   A quick visit to the bathroom at 7am and a return to bed and the next two and a half hours whisked i...
Friday, May 15, 2020

LOCKDOWN CASTELLDEFELS - DAY 61 – Friday, 15th May

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For once we were not woken up by the wreckers from next-door executing their usual early morning rendition of Concerto Number Umpteen-an...

LOCKDOWN CASTELLDEFELS - DAY 60 – Thursday, 14th May

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So, there will be border controls between Northern Ireland and Great Britain.   The obvious lie that they wouldn’t be...
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

LOCKDOWN CASTELLDEFELS - DAY 59 – Wednesday, 13th May

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Though the wind is brisk, the sun is out and I am typing on the terrace of the third floor al fresco . The screen brightness is set at maxi...
Tuesday, May 12, 2020

LOCKDOWN CASTELLDEFELS - DAY 58 – Tuesday, 12th May

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I slept the sleep of the dead after my exertions yesterday.   Though thinking about it, that metaphor could have been ...
Monday, May 11, 2020

LOCKDOWN CASTELLDEFELS - DAY 57 – Monday, 11th May

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The weather forecast for today was totally wrong and I therefore took advantage of what I understood to be frea...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

LOCKDOWN CASTELLDEFELS - DAY 56 – Sunday, 10th May

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I woke up this morning to the sound of rain and the threat of the “thin end of the wedge” challenge to exercise: if yo...