just been to my big town, for the first time since pre lockdown.
Lidl had about ten people max in there, some with masks a few more with gloves but mostly old and thus the two metre distance just didn't come into it. People simple don't understand coronavirus at all, certainly not out here in the sticks.
However the whole town was a ghost town, atm's open, banks closed. One kiosk open selling fags etc with red and white security tape around it at one metre.
We are still getting people arriving from Athens to stay in there summer homes, but apart from the fact that everything is closed in the village, they keep coming from Athens. What the hell they will do here if they get corona fuck knows, we have two small cottage hospital/clinics within 50 miles of us, from where in the past any serious injury and the patient was bunged in a taxi for a minimum 150 mile trip to the nearest general hospital, we don't really have ambulances in truth.
A mate of mine from Germany arrived five days ago, and is now going nuts. No bars, tavernas open and people won't let him come to their houses, even other germans who live here, and to get back to germany he needs to wait maybe 15 days for a very expensive flight.
He is an ex police inspector so no dummy... you would think? so what the fuck was he thinking...
People are now becoming very scared here, especially surprising as our figures are still relatively low, although in Athens you have more chance of winning the lottery than getting a test if you aren't already on your death bed.
This fucking virus is here for a long time yet, but on the bright side (if there is one)it looks more likely by the day, tha i will have the beach virtually to myself in the August peak period.
