Well after all the health things I’ve been through my wife decided it’s her turn.
I sent her for a few days to the UK to see friends and whilst she was there, she had an irritating spot play up. Now this has been around for ages but as the doctor said it wasn’t anything to worry about she didn’t. However, on arrival home and feeling under the weather she checked it and found a nasty – what she thought was a boil. So off to the doctors and it turned out it was an abscess which they cleaned it put her on 500mg antibiotics and she had to have it dressed every day for a week. The result is, they are happy with everything and she no longer feeling under the weather and only has to go for a new dressing on Monday. The antibiotics are finished and seem to have done the job. But there is a good side to all this. The hospital sent her appointment for her eye operation…same day I see the Neurologist, how’s that for timing. But apart from that at the moment life’s good up here.
GROCKEL TIME
Suns out temperature is hotting up and the visitors are arriving. We have twice driven along the coast but now we will give it a miss as there’s too much traffic and too many people. Think it must be our age as we prefer to visit the coast when its less crowded. But Cambrills has some excellent fish restaurants and the restaurants along the front are always full especially at weekends. We go to a small café for coffee in the autumn/winter. Its lovely just sitting in the evenings drinking coffee and watching people and the world go by.
Whilst on the subject, I know Barcelona and other cities are having a go at tourists, but it’s the drought that’s causing the problem. Some of the cities and large towns do not seem to save the rainwater. We have seen scenes of water raging down streets washing cars away. These situations mainly occur because the houses are built on barrancas – old riverbeds or runoffs. They seem to take the view theres plenty of water in the rivers so we’re ok. But they forget it doesn’t work like that. We’ve been in a bad drought for a few years now and the reservoirs are very very low. Yes, there is snow on the Pyrenees but once that’s melted no more water until winter. Barcelona has a desalinization plant but it seems from what I’ve heard and read its not enough. Self-preservation can be a bummer at times, and it seems we are in that mode here. So when they and others need to conserve the water they have been – according to the TV – blaming the number of tourists for excessive use. But there are other factors involved, like the number of tourists that arrive on the floating cities called cruise ships. Now there I have to agree with the comments. These ships put into port and empty their septic tanks and take on water. It is an unfortunate thing but the only way the water and tourist problem will be solved is if THE PEOPLE are educated on the use of water. We shower like this.
Step 1) get under the shower and just get wet. THEN TURN OFF THE WATER!
Step 2) rub shower gel all over and scrub
Step 3) turn water on and rinse off.
Really simple no wasted water. We have had a conservation of usage ever since we’ve been green and had to rely on rainwater for the house use. So, you would think the above suggestion would be the thing to do, NO! because you’re dealing with people and there are always those who will do what they want to the detriment of others. Exactly how to deal with the problem is a real dilemma. But someone somewhere will find the answer just when and what it is remains to be seen. Right here endeth the lesson.
Other than this we have been busy in the garden but that’s for another story.
M D Bosc -Author
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