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Ruta Bancos Gigantes or Huge Bench Route in Andalucia

A new rage is slowly spreading across Andalucia with its beginnings in the province of Malaga and that is huge benches are being installed in beauty spots across the region. The Huge Bench Route or  Ruta Bancos Gigantes #rutabancosgigantes can be found on Instagram  where they are more active with updates on the new installations of these enormous benches and they have a   Facebook  page too. Map of the Ruta Bancos Gigantes The initiative started by Forest Green an agrobroker company that supplies and works with treated wood to large construction and environmental companies in Spain. The huge bench route is steadily growing, with constant new installations spreading across Andalucia. The enormous handmade wooden benches are 4 metre long and 2.3 metre high, with the seat being 1.3 metres above ground and needing steps to get onto them, appearing in natural beauty spots hopes to encourage people out into and  enjoy the views and of course take photos to be ...
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Lockdown in Spain Part 2

So we've just completed one week of lockdown here in Spain (Sunday 22nd  March) to be greeted by the news it will be extended another 15 days. One week down, three to go. I am so pleased it wasn't given out as a four week lockdown in the beginning. Two weeks were daunting enough.

Being locked down conjures up padlocks and chains pinning us to the ground! It is not only physical but a mental battle too. For ages I've been thinking of all those jobs needing doing which I'd said to myself  'one day' I'll get them done. Now I have so much time on my hands and I can not motivate myself to do any of them.

This is the first (second counting Lockdown in Spain) thing I have written all week, even though Lyn from B-C-ing-U.com, where I write a fortnightly article, keeps sending through motivating emails  I will probably, as usual, bash it out at the last minute next week.

Hubby's just burst in saying there's a plague of locusts travelling from Africa to India, my last B-C-ing-U article was about a plague of caterpillars, all this on top of C0VID-19. What is happening with the world? Our almost ever-present blue sky is a grey mass and has just begun to hail! This is surreal. I often wondered about the saying ' a month of Sundays' - that is what we have. A whole load of nothing to do. Time just isn't the same. When working I could accurately gauge the hour, now it is always earlier than I think (or hope!)

So with the weather taking on my mood, I can't even short walk the dog or take the rubbish up. It is hard to get on with things when there's three weeks to do them in. Deadline (except one article) are non existent, lunch today was stupidly early which makes for a longer afternoon.

Middle son has shaved off his hair and looks like a convict, even he is hoping it will grow quickly and the kettle is now whistling for the umpteenth cup of tea today.

Roll on the end of week 2!


Read my article for B-C-ing-U Rachel's Wanderings in Spain has Become Rachel's Stay at Home


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