Thank You For The Tea

Thank You For The Tea

First of all, I want to say a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all those of you who contacted me after reading yesterday’s newsletter.

In it, I had a good winge that, what with lockdown and all it entails, I can’t get English tea here in Spain.

I mean… I’m not a medical worker. I’m safely ensconced with Him in our mountain hermitage, and I have all the time in the world to get on with writing.

Really, what do I have to complain about?

Not much on the scale of things.

But I’m a Brit, so I had a bit of a moan about not being able to get my spoon-dissolving English breakfast tea.

When, five minutes of sending out the newsletter, an offer was posted on my FB Group to mail me some tea from England, I was touched. Awww… Aren’t people nice…

Five minutes later, I received an email, offering to help me out of my tea famine, this time from my old home town of Harrogate – source of my favourite tea.

Several hours later, I was gob-smacked at the emails coming in, some from as far afield as Australia – I kid you not – offering to post me tea.

And the messages are still coming… I’m sorry. I always try to reply to everything, but this time, I can’t answer them all.

Really folks, Thank You, but it’s not necessary. I’m a big girl. I’ll drink coffee. Or orange juice or… God-Save-Us… water…

The postal charges to import anything bulky into the country here, are ridiculous, on top of which, even when something is a gift, Customs find a way to slap on twenty or thirty euros as an entry fee to Spain.

Added to that, I’m isolated. We don’t get deliveries here where I live. I have to collect from my local ‘post office’ – actually a counter in the village Ajuntamente, open between 12.30 and 1pm, three days a week. It’s pretty crowded when it’s available at all. I’m avoiding visits to the village as much as I can right now.

So again, THANK YOU! But No. I really appreciate the thought. But drink the tea yourselves and enjoy!