Heatwave. Temperatures in the mid-thirties today and predicted similar for the next week. There’s an advantage to being on the coast, though. Temperatures always moderated slightly compared with those inland and there’s usually a breeze here. Famagusta usually a little cooler than Larnaca as well, a difference we sometimes fail to appreciate when here in winter.
Meanwhile in the South the government has issued a red alert for forest fires. Inland temperatures in places there are expected to reach the low forties over the next two or three days.
More bits of lockdown relaxation being introduced. Schools closed until the end of June but restaurant take aways allowed now and some restaurants will be allowed to open next week. Testing required and terms of opening not yet made public. Suspect they will be more lenient about outdoor dining, though obviously masks not a possibility for customers whilst eating. It has now been three and a half weeks since the last new case was reported, and there have been no active cases In the TRNC since May 11. Testing continues and this could change. The last citizens to come in are still completing quarantine - fourteen days in government facilities followed by seven of self-isolation at home. The weekly open air market is meant to resume on Thursday for the first time since March 12. All sellers being tested. Meanwhile the produce truck continues to stop a few metres from our door on Tuesdays and Fridays in the early afternoon. Could hardly be more convenient. Had expected the orange growing season to be over by now but very pleased that it isn’t.