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Two chimps, mother and daughter, according to the Civil Guard, escaped from zoological park Oasis del Valle in La Orotava, Tenerife yesterday and one of them spent two hours in the bar Los Rechazos (ironically, the name of the bar translates to The Rejects.)

April 1st has gone, December 28th hasn't arrived yet this year. You just can't make this stuff up!

Sources at the Civil Guard, says the report, said that at 15:30 hours they were alerted by the zoo that two chimps had escaped and added that one of them was found and captured by the agents on the roof of a neighbouring home.

The other chimp entered a bar in the Camino de Los Rechazos (The Rejects Walk), where she caused alarm amongst the 20 or so clients, declared Moisés Álvarez, one of the bar's owners. Álvarez explained that around 2 p.m., a chimp of medium size opened the door to the bar and entered, running towards the kitchen, where she also burnt herself and cut her legs on some shelving she destroyed. Many customers left, but two people had tried to get her under control, but were unable to do so because of the animal's strength.

The bar was left without television too, after the chimp's rampage, but presumably customers will have plenty to talk about in the meantime.

There's just no end to the comments you can make about this:

"Everyone's entitled to a wild time, a few drinks and a laugh, at least once, even chimps and chimps are our nearest relatives, remember."

"With the price of drinks, it's no wonder she wanted to smash the place up."

"I know a couple of girls like that in La Orotava, if they're the same ones ..."

Apart from the obvious jokes like A Chimp walks into a bar... punters will also be asking each other, "Hey, do you remember the day a chimp came in here and vandalized the place?" Bar owners in the tourist areas of the south of the island have probably been having very similar conversations for years already. :)

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While provider of images for Google Earth, Grafcan, are once more being criticized for their lentitude, yesterday, Microsoft launched some important updates to their Live Maps coverage of Tenerife and the Canary Islands.

Now you can see bird's eye views of Santa Cruz and La Laguna in Tenerife.

Playa de Las Americas - Los Cristianos and Costa Adeje were released in March.

territoriosred show a view over the Auditorio de Tenerife, the Castillo Negro and the Torres Gemelas (Twin Towers) in Santa Cruz, this shows you the building site that was / will be the Plaza de España; the project for Santa Cruz' main square that is 4 million euros over budget has been delayed once again.

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Something else for you to do this holiday weekend in Tenerife, is to join the hippies for the Global Marijuana March in the leafy Plaza del Adelantado, in La Laguna on Saturday, May 3rd, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Global Marijuana March (GMM) is an annual rally, held since 1999, at different locations across the planet. It refers to cannabis-related events that occur on the first Saturday in May, or that weekend, or thereabouts. Marches, meetings, rallies, raves, concerts, festivals, info-tables, etc.

237 cities have signed up for the 2008 Global Marijuana March and, the poster for the local gig promises entertainment, including DJ Billy Flux.

Although technically illegal in Spain, possession and consumption in private places is not generally prosecuted.

Supporters are in favour of a change in policies worldwide against drugs.

Or as this anonymous quote outlines, "Las drogas causan paranoia, confusión y una perdida total de contacto con la realidad en los políticos que nunca las han tomado" (Drugs cause paranoia, confusion and the total loss of contact with reality in politicians who have never taken them.)

More information (in Spanish) at http://www.cannarias.com

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May begins with Día del Trabajador (May Day), a national holiday on the 1st and, since that falls on a Thursday, you can be sure that lots of people will also take the Friday off and make it into a long weekend. In anticipation of which, many fiestas and events have been carefully planned to fill up this free time ...

The northern town of Los Realejos is certainly the place to start the month of May in Tenerife this year. First, there's Festival Flypa 08: the town's annual International Paragliding and Free Flying Festival, that runs from May 1st to 4th. But, if jumping off a cliff suspended by a bit of string from an old sock isn't exciting enough for you, there's always the accompanying concert schedule.

Heading the bill on Friday, May 2nd is Cuban originated hip-hop band, Orishas (MySpace), who already provided the official tune for Tenerife's Carnaval, Hip Hop Conga, taking part in the Gala for the Selection of the Carnaval Queen and performing live in Santa Cruz Plaza Weyler on Domingo de Piñata back in February of this year. In August 2007, Orishas had been in Tenerife once more, performing outside the Auditorio as part of the fusion music festival, Festival Mumes.

Of course, it's not [only] Tenerife that has made Orishas worldwide famous: that probably owes much to "Represent, Cuba" - Orishas featuring Heather Headley, which is on the soundtrack of 2004 musical, Dirty Dancing: Havana Nights.

Which all goes to make it sorta quaint and extremely surprising (no, really, it's the real deal, not a tribute act) that Orishas should be playing the Polideportivo San Agustin (San Agustin Sports Center) in Los Realejos this coming Friday, May 2nd, for a mere 5 euros (about 4 quid.) Starts at 9 p.m. and includes the Disco Móvil MINGO SHOW, with music from the 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s too. Woooo!

Fiestas de Mayo (May Festivals)

At the same time, Los Realejos, along with Santa Cruz, celebrate Fiestas de Mayo (May Festivals) or Fiestas de la Cruz (Festivals of the Cross). In Santa Cruz these mark the founding of the city in 1494. In Los Realejos on the night of May 3rd is a huge "firework battle" - fought out between two streets in the town, considered one of the biggest fireworks displays in Europe. There are also Fiestas de la Cruz in Güímar.

Fiestas de Mayo in Los Realejos 2008
Fiestas de Mayo 2008 in Santa Cruz

More Events in Tenerife in May

From May 9th to 24th there's the Festival de Música Brasileña (Brazilian Music Festival), Tensamba. Friday, May 9th at the Sala NUEVABASILICA in La Orotava, is the Salsa Open 2008. Also on Friday, May 9th and Saturday, May 10th, there's the Arona Jazz Festival 2008, from 8.30 p.m. in the Plaza de la Iglesia (Church Square), Los Cristianos. And on Saturday, May 10th is the 24th Palma Canaria Norte Rally.

Year	Corpus Christi	Día de las Alfombras
2008	22 May	29 May
2009	11 June	18 June
2010	3 June	10 June
2011	23 June	30 June
2012	7 June	14 June
2013	30 May	6 June
2014	19 June	26 June
2015	4 June	11 June
2016	26 May	2 June
2017	15 June	22 June
2018	31 May	7 June
2019	20 June	27 June
2020	11 June	18 June
2021	3 June	10 June
2022	16 June	23 June

Día de las Alfombras

Corpus Christi this year falls in May and the biggest celebrations are held in La Orotava, where the Día de las Alfombras (Day of the Carpets) - made of sand and flowers in the streets - is held on the 8th day of Corpus Christi, i.e. the following Thurdsay from the date of the religious feast itself. In 2008, the Día de las Alfombras falls on Thursday, May 29th. The calendar provides the dates until 2022, for those who like to plan ahead!

Around 100,000 people crowded into the streets of the town to see the sand and flower carpets in 2006 and, I'm sure the number had increased last year.

La Orotava families, many still with the same surnames since the 15th Century conquest of Tenerife, start making the flower carpets from the early hours of "carpet day." Late morning to early afternoon is the best time to see them working on them and virtually complete.

The central sand carpet made in the square in front of the town hall (pictured) made the Guinness World Record for the Largest Sand Painting; the 859.42 square meter "alfombra" or carpet of sand created in the town of La Orotava in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain) in June 2007.

In the early evening the procession walks all over these ephemeral carpets and destroys them, so the "window of opportunity" to see them is very short. Don't miss them, because even if you have no religious interest, as works of art, they are breathtaking.

As well as the big Día de las Alfombras in La Orotava, almost every town and village also partakes in this fiesta and makes carpets, often with salt and flowers, generally on the Sunday either before, or after Corpus Christi.

Día de las Alfombras Corpus Christi 2007

And at the end of the month, on May 30th is the Día de Canarias (Canaries Day), the annual event and local holiday, which celebrates "Canarianess" and remembers the anniversary of the first session of the autonomous Canary Islands Parliament, of May 30th, 1983. Its roughly the equivalent of England's St. George's Day.

Día de Canarias - Canaries Day

More Fiestas in May 2008 in Tenerife | More events on our calendar

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You'd almost think that nothing much was going on in Tenerife, but I'm sure it is. It's just that I've been caught up with other matters (and am likely to be for some time), so this is the "hit and run edition" of some of the more strange and (potentially) interesting things to have happened on this island lately ...

Amy Winehouse' Dad in Tenerife

The latest in the turbulent life of who the Daily Star calls a "pop wreck" - never in a million years thought I'd be citing them for accuracy - Amy Winehouse, is that her dad, Mitch, 57, who is a cabbie, had to cut short his holiday in Tenerife to go and scream asterisks at his daughter. Escaping our heatwave, for yet more heat, eh?


San Marcos Church in Tegueste, dressed up for the Romería. Photo: Juantf74Romería de Tegueste

This Sunday just gone, though the news was slightly overshadowed by the La Gomera fire and the heatwave, heralded the first of the summer season of romerías, the colorful fiestas where people and animals dress up in their finest traditional costumes and take to the streets to make music, eat, drink and generally be merry.

The Pilgrimage of Tegueste

Modelling for Mexico

The model village in the Ototava valley that recreates many emblematic Canary Islands' sites and buildings in miniature has branched out internationally. Pueblo Chico's model makers have been busy making models of Mexican wonders for, Discover Mexico, in Cozumel. The new park cost 6 million dollars to develop and Canarian investors hold 30% of its capital.

Midnight Train to Güímar

Three geologists say yes a north-south tunnel in Tenerife is viable. (The cynic in us observes that it's amazing what geologists will say for money, but actually, we are in favor of more public transport and less cars.) The intention is for a train to link the Güímar valley with the La Orotava valley. President of the Tenerife Corporation, Ricardo Melchior's vision is not just for north and south trains, but for a a whole round the island train layout. Choo choo!

Pyrotechnic Potato Prices

We all know that the price of food is rising sharply everywhere, but here on the island of Tenerife, the price of the 'umble spud, has "exploded" over the last few months, to put them at over 1 euro (83 pence) a kilo. In the four months of the year to date, potato prices have risen by 7.2% in the Canary Islands, while in Spain as a whole, the rise was only 0.9%.

Tenerife international film festival

Did you know that there had been a Tenerife international film festival on April 25th? No, nor did we, which has to mean this is one of Tenerife's best kept secrets to date. We cannot imagine why, nor why they would not be interested in international entrants, as Lisa Marks discovered when her "repeated requests to speak to their festival coordinator and press contact fell on deaf ears."

Tenerife Aeorbus Airport Bus route

Titsa (the Tenerife Bus Service) recently announced a new bus service from the Tenerife Sur Airport through Los Cristianos, Playa de Las Americas and onto La Caletta, offering possible savings on taxi prices. More info and map ...

Three Palms in Santa Cruz R.I.P.

Frankly, we weren't quite sure what to make of this solemn piece of news, written in the style of an obituary, which says that personnel from the Parks and Gardens Department of Santa Cruz town hall had to retire three palm trees that had perished.

Prepare to weep, as we read on to discover that the reason for their elimination (OMG, the poor things were "put out of their misery"), was because they had not survived after being subjected to being transplanted.

They were of the species, Phoenix canariensis (Canary Island Date Palm). Each left a widow and several cuttings (OK, I made that up) and will soon be replaced with three other examples of the same species. It'll never be quite the same!

Meanwhile, La Hijuela del Botánico de La Orotava: the botanical garden behind the town hall in La Orotava and that was once the market garden for the former convent of San José, has been declared as a Bien de Interés Cultural (of Cultural Interest) in the category of Artistic Garden. This Historical Garden oasis was created in 1788 on the initiative of the VI Marqués de Villanueva.

More than 20% of visitors to Tenerife are Canarian

More than 20% of visitors to Tenerife are Canarian, according to this report. That is, people who live on one of the other 6 Canary Islands, come here to Tenerife for their holidays. Can't be that bad then, can it? :)

For their benefit (and everyone else's I should think), the island is considering an all encompassing transport card, similar to the BONO bus (that already covers the tram and gets museum discounts), but that would also cover inter-island public services, the cable car, discounts in crafts shops, etc.

Nevertheless, it was tourists from the Spanish mainland who "saved" the statistics in March. Tenerife put up 506,572 guests in that month, an increase of 3.6% over the corresponding month in 2007, but the increase in the Spanish market was 21.8%, with Easter holidays falling in March.

Still 390,054 of that total were foreign visitors, although (translating literally), Brits and Germans "registered negative behavior". Yes, they probably did, and the numbers of you lot were lower (10.7% and 8.7% respectively) too!

Happily, foreign tourists spent 8.9% more in the first quarter of this year.

El Palmar church reopens

Last Saturday we missed the reopening of the little church, Iglesia de la Consolación, in El Palmar that had been undergoing extensive renovations (and they sent us such a nice printed invitation too), thereby passing up the golden opportunity to rub shoulders with the outspoken and controversial Bishop of Tenerife, Bernardo Álvarez; the President of the Tenerife Island Corporation, Ricardo Melchior and Aurelio Abreu, the mayor of Buenavista, among other "personalities." So bishops and politicians are personalities now?

Puticlubs y Putas de Tenerife

From vicars to tarts. Warning: Not safe for work link Puticlubs y Putas de Tenerife. Alterning.com - a guide to "nocturnal clubs" - provide a short list of whores and whorehouses in Tenerife, but they're star rated (on girls and price)! We feel sure that readers could add a few clubs and ratings to the list. :)

Very Slow Exposure

Once again, Grafcan, the public company that has supplied images to Google, is being criticized because the photos in the new version of Google Earth, are from December 2006 and, the question is asked, do they want to hide something?

Air Europa pilots to strike

It's been announced that the 527 pilots of Air Europa, which operates inclusive tour services between northern and western Europe and holiday resorts in the Canary Islands and Balearic Islands, are to park up their planes on the tarmac immediately after the puente de mayo (May bank holiday), partly in protest against the creation of new airline, Universal Airlines. Strike action is planned for Monday to Friday, 5 to 9 May, and will be repeated weekly, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, indefinitely, from June 1st, if they fail to reach an agreement.

Holiday Extras' Nick Purdom, writing about Low fare flights for winter (I know, it's hardly summer yet), says "Thomsonfly claims to offer the most comprehensive range of flights from UK airports to winter sun favourite the Canary Islands, with flights starting from £54.99 one way."

You'll find extra snippets of Tenerife news here ...

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Starting from tomorrow, May 1st, new rules come into force in Spain that make it a proper offence (punishable by 3-6 months in prison, or a 12-24 month ban and 31 to 90 days community service), to drive without a driving licence, with one that has run out of points, been suspended, etc.

Until today, believe it or not, this was a relatively minor "administrative infraction", which probably explains why so many people just don't bother with the inconvenience of licence getting here.

In 2007, 25,000 were caught driving without ever having obtained a licence.

Whilst I'm sure things have changed a bit in the interim, a decade and a half ago, you could be almost certain that if a man on this island had a driving licence at all, then he probably paid a cousin in Santa Cruz to take the test for him.

Meanwhile, even when you drive perfectly legally in Spain, do be careful how you park, because as Colin in Galicia says, "I learned yesterday it's the law in Spain that you must leave 30cm [1 foot] between you and the next car when you park. I had thought the rule was 2cm in town and at least 2 metres where it's slightly less difficult to park. In what might be a typical Spanish approach to the application of a law, the police in Pontevedra say they're now going to fine anyone who leaves less than 20cm. So I guess both men and women will now be asking what 8 inches looks like." (It's probably an inch less in the Canaries! :)

But, if you just want guidance for where to drive to on this island, I highly recommend Real Tenerife Island Drives. Get the real printed book to keep, or you can buy single routes that you can download, print off and off you go ...

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On Tuesday evening, the fire that had been raging since Saturday on the neighbouring island of La Gomera, had been brought under control (after a drop in both the temperature and wind speed). Meanwhile, in La Orotava, Tenerife on Tuesday afternoon, some 2,500 square meters of land had been burnt, after another fire was started by someone burning off stubble on farmland.

Some 800 hectares of land were affected by the La Gomera fire finally, which is a big enough ecological disaster that will, of course, take time to recover.

That's as well as losses to agriculture, farming, livestock and livelihoods ...

It is sad for visitors too who actually care about the beauty, nature and ecology of these fragile islands, that they will have to witness yet more palm trees with charred black trunks and "army regulation" haircuts, while they grown back.

A couple of reports suggest that the fire in Hermigua, Gomera was started by someone burning stubble / scrub and, that there has been an arrest. For what purpose, I have no idea, since despite the weather (which should logically have told anyone it was not a great idea), there had been no prohibition decreed and it is the season for it, probably has been since medieval times.

It just isn't the season for this kind of record heatwave.

Just to confuse matters, however, an earlier report had said that the fire in Hermigua was started by a spark from someone doing some welding.

Whichever, one Gomera resident echoed what I had said earlier: that much of the reason these fires spread is the amount of abandoned agricultural land, overgrown with easy burning dry scrub that surrounds rural homes.

In Vallehermoso, the fire had been caused by friction between electrical cables and, in response, President of La Gomera's Island Corporation, Casimiro Curbelo, says he will require electricity company, UNELCO, to substitute all of the above ground cables on the island. It was high time someone stood up to UNELCO over this and I wish him luck, because UNELCO won't want to spend the money.

President of Tenerife's Island Corporation, Ricardo Melchior, meanwhile says that in more than half the cases - where fires are started intentionally, like the fire in Tenerife last year - they know who did it, but they have to catch them red handed, because the legislation does not permit them to act against them.

As Francisco says here, islands like these, with so much similar forestry reserve, need many more permanent resources to combat things like this.

If you ask me, I think it needs a whole new approach.

At least temperatures have gone back to normal for the time of year today.

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Value It, the Santa Ursula based publisher of The Tenerife Property Price Guide, recently released the results of its survey of Tenerife property prices, showing falls in prices for the three regions of Tenerife, (the South and South East, the North, and the Metropolitan region).

During the last six months, property prices have fallen by 3,48% in the South and South East (from Candelaria around the coast to Santiago del Teide). In the North, prices have fallen the least, by 2,64%, and in the Metropolitan region (Santa Cruz, La Laguna, El Rosario and Tegueste) prices have fallen by 3,27%. When general inflation is taken into account (2,1% over the last six months) the real falls are 5.6% in the South, 4,7% in the North and 5,4% in the Metropolitan region.

John Gardner of Value It commented: ?These are averages for these regions, and are based upon a survey of 6250 properties for sale. Within each region there have been greater falls in some areas and for certain property types, and a few areas are level with inflation or still seeing prices rise. Puerto de la Cruz has seen falls below the average for example, while the falls in Adeje are consistent with the southern region as a whole. The answer for people looking to buy in Tenerife is thorough research and knowing the pricing trends in the areas and for the property types. There is no substitute if you want to buy well and protect your investment. For those thinking of selling they can work out what would be a good or competitive price to ensure that they attract serious buyers?.

For more information please go to www.value-it.net

Value It España SL is based in Tenerife and has produced a property price guide, designed to help both buyers know the market pricing for all the types of properties and areas in Tenerife, and for sellers so that they can have the detailed market pricing in order to price their properties to attract buyers.

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The latest count of the evacuated stands at over 1,000, according to Canarias7, who show a poignant photo of terraces burning almost right alongside the church in the center of a village, this morning. Around 500 residents of Vallehermoso, Hermigua and Agulo, in the north of La Gomera, spent the night away from their homes in various centers, including an old banana packing plant and even the beach.

Homes have been burnt and, reports are that a number of people have needed to be treated for inhalation of smoke. Evacuation had been that bit more difficult, because evacuees include the residents of a Hermigua old folks home.

Recent reports say the fire remains active in the Liria gorge in the district of Agulo, but had not reached Aceviños adjacent to the national park, meaning that the fire has not (yet) affected the Garajonay National Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the last refuges of Laurisilva (subtropical laurel forest).

The fire is still considered to be a threat there and other reports suggest that fire had reached the vicinity of the park.

While the president of the Canarian Government claims that "we have the necessary resources and the coordination" - the government, rather than the local authorities, has now assumed control of operations for the extinction of the fire because of its magnitude and are sending 50 soldiers - it is clear that the high winds, low humidity, high temperatures are, once again, proving to be a challenge for the 7 helicopters, 3 hydroplanes and countless firefighters on the ground. Copious smoke, in particular, is hampering operations in the air.

The fire in Vallehermoso appears to have been brought under control today, while in the upper reaches of Hermigua, the fire remains a serious preoccupation .

Some of the evacuees have now been able to return to their homes, but the area of Vallehermoso still remains incommunicado as telephone repeater towers and fiber optic lines have been damaged by the fire.

La Gomera's island council has so far estimated the area that has been burnt as being more than 700 hectares (7,000,000 square meters, 1729.7 acres or 647.8 soccer pitches), mostly agricultural land and low level forest.

(Probably, because more and more of this land is being abandoned on these islands, to overgrow, dry out and provide excellent fast burning tinder.)

How will his affect visitors to this Canary Island?

(La Gomera Hotels and Apartments)

Absolutely not at all if they're in La Gomera's capital, San Sebastian, or cocooned in hotels at sea level in centers such as Valle Gran Rey or Playa Santiago.

Others who may have wanted to venture out around the island on buses, tours, on foot or by car, will probably find some routes blocked by the fire or to allow access to emergency services. Reports say the area of Las Rosas is affected.

La Gomera, a paradise for walkers, attracts a more adventurous and independent type of traveller - among them Christopher Columbus after all. The Garajonay National Park and its magical rain forest attract around 450,000, mostly day visitors, each year. Many walkers start at the Juego de Bolas Visitor Centre in the district of Agulo in north of La Gomera. Although not in the area affected by fire, the center was used to house some of the evacuees last night.

Just as I had to do concerning the fire in Tenerife last year, I will point out that La Gomera is an island with real people, towns and everything. La Gomera is not, as one report I read in English claimed this morning, a "tourist resort."

But, while the English language coverage is a disgrace - to be fair that report is the only one I've seen, but I don't have great hopes for any others who pick up on it, hence I'm attempting to publish the truth before it gets more distorted - I have to agree with Miguel at Canarias Bruta that, in contrast to last year when their coverage of the fire was far too slow and worse than lacking, TV Canaria have obviously taken notice and are redeeming themselves by staying right on top of this one. Particular kudos is due to news anchor, Miguel Ángel Daswani.

Links to more coverage of the Gomera fires (in Spanish). More images

La Gomera. The Island | Gomera Travel Guide



Canary Islands weather continues hot and dry

Temperatures, which had increased by 14 degrees centigrade in less than 48 hours in the Canary Islands, are today, forecast to drop, though they were still expected to reach 31 degrees (currently, they're being reported at 97°F / 36°C in South Tenerife), with a force 4 or 5 wind and high seas around the westerly isles. The calima will continue, with its resultant dust and haze.

The forecast shows temperatures dropping a couple of degrees each on Monday and Tuesday, returning to normal levels for the time of year by Wednesday.

Meanwhile, high temperatures have also caused a dozen fires on Gran Canaria.

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The Tenerife Island Corporation is asking for extreme caution this weekend, as a dusty calima and a heatwave inundate the Tenerife capital and take temperatures up to 40 degrees centigrade in some parts of Tenerife and in Gran Canaria.

Two fires were declared on the island of La Gomera this afternoon, one requiring the evacuation of homes in Vallehermoso, while the other threatening to reach the national park Parque Nacional de Garajonay.

Meanwhile, in Tenerife, the Island Corporation have stepped in with preventative measures, declaring a prohibition on barbecue fires.

Barbecues are to be cordoned off in the forest areas around Teide, Anaga and in Teno, which is a hardly surprising reaction after the forest fires that destroyed around a quarter of the island's forests during the heatwave at the end of last July.

It is, however, unusual to have this extreme heat, this early in the year.

Health recommendations are to drink lots of liquids (but not alcohol, sorry), avoid severe physical exercise (we're happy to comply) and, if you suffer from ashma or cardiovascular problems, you'd be better off indoors, with the windows shut.

Forecasters predict more of the same until at least Sunday.

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