It feels a bit odd to be back. For the moment I’ve stopped work on the novel and I’m back the the Spanish 3rd edition of the guide book, checking that I’m handing over the right files for layout. It’s not the most interesting job but it needs doing and I want a break from the novel before I go back to it, so I can look at it with…
I’ve just spent a lovely week in Garafía with my friend Petra. The plan was for her to walk a lot and for me to walk a bit and write a lot, and that’s pretty much what we did. After 30 years on La Palma, I still occasionally discover new places, and this holiday was no exception. The photo above is the Fagundo ravine, from the viewpoint at Las Calzadas….
The photos are from another walk in the woods. I’m definitely getting fitter. I have good news. After several weeks of dithering, my writing holiday is booked. I’m leaving in five minutes for a cottage in the north of the island. My friend wants to go on long walks without having to drive for two hours to get to the starting point. She’s much fitter than me and she might…
I had a wonderful walk in the woods with my friend. To begin with I mostly took macro photos as usual. Then we found a wild thyme. There was pleny of thyme. It felt like we had all the thyme in the world. We were in and out of the mist, which meant that the forest sparkled with raindrops. It was too wet for most insects, and I could only…
It’s looking likely that we’ll be allowed out for exercise from May 2nd, so I’ve been getting the masks ready. The monkey is called Einstein (because he looks so clever) and he came to live with me on my 18th birthday. The sloth is Enric, who came back from Menorca with me last year – that’s why he has a Menorqui name. The masks are actually made from a pair…
Three weeks in and we seem to be hitting the top of the curve. We’ve only had one new case on the island in the last three days in spite of over a hundred tests. Sadly, there’s been another death, making 4 in all. The government’s extended the state of emergency until the 26th of April. So I’m thinking we might be allowed out, contigent on good behaviour, in anther…