Fuerteventura Kite Festival 2021

[royandhelen]

Hello All

 We thinking of going to Fuerteventura for the Kite Festival this year, if CV19 allows.

 Has anyone got the dates, Please.

 And we'll need 2 T'shirts Please, Dave.

Many Thanks

Roy and Helen

[royandhelen]

It OK, Helen found out it 11th-14th November.

[DaveM]

Crazy idea   Hopefully it may change

Wearing a mask whilst sunbathing 

New BOE which runs along side the BOC Canarian rules

New law introduces stricter face mask rules in Spain





Social distancing will no longer be a determining factor for wearing a face mask in Spain. On Tuesday, the government published a law in the Official State Gazette (BOE) making masks mandatory in all public spaces regardless of the distance between people.

But shortly after its publication, the government admitted that the guidelines, which build on a decree passed in June of last year, may have been overtaken by today’s reality and improved knowledge about the coronavirus.

What the law says

“People from the age of six and older have the obligation to wear masks [...] on public streets, in outdoor spaces and in any closed space that has a public use or is open to the public,” reads the BOE announcement published on Tuesday.

Until now, the coverings were only mandatory in public and outdoor spaces when it was not possible to keep a distance of 1.5 meters or more between people. These rules were part of a decree issued by the government in June 2020, when the state of alarm ended and a three-month lockdown was lifted.

On Tuesday afternoon the government updated its information website to reflect the fact that masks are now to be used “always” in the settings mentioned in the BOE, instead of just when there is no safety distance.

Until now, regional governments were free to adapt these rules as they saw fit, and many did so immediately after they came out. Some regions made masks mandatory at all times, but introduced exceptions for certain situations, such as going to the beach.

But under the newly published law, which replaces the June decree, regional governments may no longer introduce changes. Instead, everyone is bound by the same regulations, which make masks mandatory at all times, including at the beach or the local swimming pool, and even when there is a safe distance between people. The move could further harm the tourism industry, which has been dragged down by a year of coronavirus pandemic.

Superseded

However, government spokesperson María Jesús Montero admitted on Tuesday that there’s been “a time lag” between the publication of the law and “a reality that’s already been superseded,” alluding to last summer, when the original decree was drafted.

Montero said that the subject will be discussed at the Wednesday meeting of the Inter-Territorial Council of the National Health System, a gathering of central and regional health officials, to see “if there is any issue that’s been published that is not exactly in line with everything we have learned [since then]” and whether “any concept requires some nuance by the regions or by the government of Spain.”

Exceptions

As it stands now, the law makes exceptions for people with medical conditions or respiratory problems that could be made worse through the use of masks, as well as for those with a disability that would make it hard for them to remove their own mask.

It also lets people exercise outdoors individually without a mask, and considers further exceptions in unspecified situations of “force majeure,” as well as “activities that are incompatible with its use.”

The government website also notes that violators can be fined up to €100 for not wearing a mask.

The new law regulates several other pandemic-related issues, and will remain in effect “until the government declares an end to the health crisis created by Covid-19, based on reasoning and scientific evidence.”

English version by Susana Urra.

[royandhelen]

one step up from Panda Eyes

[DaveM]

Received today from Fuerteventura Tourism.


Dear Kite-Friends,

on behalf of the local department of tourism of the municipality of La Oliva we are glad to be able to inform you, that the XXXIV International Kite-Festival will take place fom November 11 until November 14 2021, meeting all officially demanded safety-requirements.

We may kindly ask you to let us know, until julio 1st 2021 latest, whether you will take part in this festival.

If you participate, could you please tell us your T-shirt size?

Your soonest reply will be very much appreciated.

Best regards


Celino, Peña, Jessica, Cristina


​
Concejalía de Turismo
Ayuntamiento de La Oliva
Avda. Marítima n.º16 35650 Corralejo Fuerteventura
[phone]
[e-mail] | www.laoliva.es
[e-mail]| www.visitcorralejo.com
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[royandhelen]

Evening All,

We have decided to give FV a miss this year due to CV19.

No, we haven't got it.

Roy and Helen.

[DaveM]

[DaveM]

Our few KW travellers this year should be heading off this weekend.

A TV company contacted me for an interview at the festival this 
year, Dick Abbs is our man for the camera, along with his team
of Paul & Julie. 

[John N june]

Looking forward to all the picture from them

[DaveM]

The Fuerteventura Kite Festival seems to now have its own website 
and social media pages. About time really 

Festival Website

[DaveM]

Despite seeing many TV crew tripods, I can see no sign of our intrepid reporter Dick Abbs
coming LIVE from the festival.

He only had just one job

[John N june]

Haven't heard or seen any thing from the intrepid travellers apart form Pauls veranda which looked very nice.

[stevetitford]

Nov 12, 2021 12:04:21 GMT DaveM said:

Despite seeing many TV crew tripods, I can see no sign of our intrepid reporter Dick Abbs
coming LIVE from the festival.

He only had just one job

www.homeinfuerteventura.tv/episode-4 - about 1m 17s in.

[DaveM]

Dick is a TV star