The heat is on — so don’t skip the siesta

The heat is on, and a Spanish town is taking its afternoon siesta seriously.

Every summer day in Ador, a small farming town in eastern Spain, a policeman reads out a town hall proclamation recommending that locals observe the traditional siesta period between 2pm and 5pm.

The advice, given over a loudspeaker system, encourages people to keep children indoors and turn down the volume of TV sets and music equipment.