February 2020 - Fuerteventura, Canaries, just before Covid19 hit the UK, and at the tail end of the Calima in the Canaries, visiting Brian's family, seeing his niece after twenty five years! And a chance meet with my cousin who'd recently moved there. We arrived in Fuerterventura at the tail end of a 'calima' (a dust storm from western Sahara) the worst the island had experienced for twenty years. Extremely windy, sky tinged yellow, dust drying air leaving you parched and breathless. We were advised to stay indoors for a couple of days; our first experience of seeing people wearing masks, at this time to protect themselves from the sand dust floating in the air. Little did we know then, mask wearing was to become a 'normal' part of life for a very different reason. ....After a couple of days the dust air began to clear, streets were swept and hosed down. We were still loath to venture far from our bungalow... but the 'ill wind' had blown flocks of swallows and large dragonflies off course. The swallows were having feasting frenzy on the dragonflies- mesmerising to watch from our little patio. Wonderful to see blue skies again, and full colour return...Fabulous palm trees, Barbary squirrels along the Atlantic coast.
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