Precautions

What a windy day today was!

Even so, I walked up to Es Cuco, and then downhill from there to Cala des Torrentes, another built up resort with an even better beach and La Cala de Bou, half an hour's walk from the house instead of three quarters of an hour.

After lunch I took the car out for an hour and a half's drive, visiting St Antoni and St Josep. Over the past eighteen months since I was last out of the UK I have driven very little, and was pleased to find that I had no difficulty in adjusting to driving on the opposite side of the road. It's a boost to confidence, that's for sure.

English and Welsh Bishops have issued a directive to with-hold offering the chalice to the laity as a precaution against the Coronavirus epidemic. Communion by intinction has also been discouraged I've been discussing with Churchwarden Rosi what this means for services in Ibiza, which thus far is infection free. Some recognition of the need to take precautions is highly desirable. Recouncing  the physical sharing of the peace is one step. Rigorous and visible hand-washing is another. With-holding the chalice is yet another gesture, but what is under discussion is adopting intinction as a universal practice, for the time being. The choreography isn't easy, but we can learn by doing.

As the sun was setting, I went out for another walk along a neighbouring unmetalled road through the urbanizacion, just to stretch my legs, now that Wednesdays' fall injury is improving, exercise seems to be beneficial, more than rest as there's nothing torn. Another large area of land adjacent to agricultural land rich with wild flowers a this time of year is taken up with very suburban looking  properties, whether holiday homes or dwellings for local people it's hard to tell.