At least one coal tit nest in the roof tiles opposite, possibly two. There are enough tiles for a whole apartment complex, but perhaps they don’t like crowding. The group exhibition seems to be over, but J does spot a couple mating. Apparently they lay several eggs.
Takes until supper time to find out, but the lockdown has been extended to April 30. Don’t think anyone wanted it to be lifted, just eased a little. Keeping most closures and two metre social distancing but allowing people some time to go for walks and possibly permitting restaurants to deliver or allowing pick up from restaurants and hardware stores. Not likely to use the restaurant delivery ourselves, but would be pleased to see walks reinstated. On the other hand, everybody seems pretty pleased that the government seems to have a pretty good handle on the situation. Active cases are down to 23 and quarantines appear to have been effective.
Meanwhile email from UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which has, in fairness been quite good about timely info and has been very helpful in getting its citizens across the border to get flights leaving from the South. It reads:
Takes until supper time to find out, but the lockdown has been extended to April 30. Don’t think anyone wanted it to be lifted, just eased a little. Keeping most closures and two metre social distancing but allowing people some time to go for walks and possibly permitting restaurants to deliver or allowing pick up from restaurants and hardware stores. Not likely to use the restaurant delivery ourselves, but would be pleased to see walks reinstated. On the other hand, everybody seems pretty pleased that the government seems to have a pretty good handle on the situation. Active cases are down to 23 and quarantines appear to have been effective.
Meanwhile email from UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office, which has, in fairness been quite good about timely info and has been very helpful in getting its citizens across the border to get flights leaving from the South. It reads:
Update on GOV.UK.
Change made
Removal of information on 15 April Cyprus Airways flight (‘Return to the UK’ pages)
Removal of information on 15 April Cyprus Airways flight (‘Return to the UK’ pages)
Time updated
6:29pm, 17 April 2020
6:29pm, 17 April 2020
Bottom line of the email reads « Is this email useful? »
Well no, not overwhelmingly, since you ask. This is April 17, and the flight in question left - or actually in this case did not leave - two days ago. But have no intention at all of saying so and discouraging them from performing a service that they do infinitely better than Canada, though they also have no diplomatic relations with the TRNC. To be fair, though, they do have a larger number of citizens here.