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Weather Watch November

October in Lanzarote always feels like the secret end to summer. Whilst many people in the UK and Europe are hunkering down for autumn, we are lucky to still have around eight hours of sunshine a day. This was certainly the case last year as we started the month with plenty of blue skies and just a few wispy clouds. Temperature-wise we were above average with highs of 28 and lows of 20. The final week of the month we saw a change, with a little rainfall and clouds rolling in.

October Balance

Lanzarote has almost halved its coronavirus figures in a month. On October 1st, there were 135 active cases on the island. Today there are 69.

Dog of the month: Jimena

Jimena, a beautiful podenco born in July 2016, arrived in Sara in March, starving, with her nine delightful pups which have all now been adopted. Let's hope someone will give this sweet and gentle dog a second chance.

Get your trainers on!

The Lanzarote International Running Challenge will take place this year. The popular running event with 31 years of history will celebrate a unique virtual edition at the end of this month.

Air force tracers detect 500 contacts

Spain’s decision to enlist the armed services in the fight against Covid-19 has had good results on Lanzarote, at least.

Action on migrants

An ill-tempered visit to the Canaries by José Luis Escrivá, Spain’s minister in charge of migration, has placed the plight of several hundred migrants and the Canary Islands’ lack of facilities to accommodate them at the top of the agenda.

Three Kings Cancelled

Arrecife has cancelled its big Three Kings parade on the 5th January because of the risk of crowds and Covid-19 transmission.

Flushing out the virus

Lanzarote is the first Canary Island to launch a sewage testing system aimed at detecting traces of coronavirus before symptoms manifest themselves. The project was announced by Cabildo president Dolores Corujo last month, and is already underway.

Lanzarote beats the second wave

"That's the way you have to do it". These were the words of praise offered by Spanish Health Minister Salvador Illa at a press conference last month as he referred to the way the Canary Islands have successfully managed to control and limit the second wave of Coronavirus. At the time of writing, the Canaries is the best-performing region in the whole of Spain.

English lockdown deals another blow to tourism

Nine days after the UK government placed the Canary Islands on their safe travel list, it has effectively banned holidays from England for four weeks, following Boris Johnson’s announcement of a national English lockdown beginning on November 5th and lasting until December 2nd.