Friday 12 June
Today has escaped me really.
Got up, went to work, came home, went food shopping, ate dinner, watched tv, went to bed.
Final preparations have been made for the Year 10 students coming in on Monday. I think my biggest worry is the staff, as many have not been on site since the lockdown started eighty-odd days ago. They will hopefully be partially prepared as we have videos and guidance to help them, but for everyone, the school is not how they left it.
We decided to do the food shopping whilst Stan took Mabel for her walk and Adora cooked curry. The roads were surprisingly quiet (traffic has been increasing of late), but it was raining and we are still technically in lockdown I suppose.
Tonight saw the last Springwatch on TV for this year. It has been quite an emotional series. The presenters have all been in their home locations with minimal crew but the connection with nature has been magical. Although so many people are loving the time we have spent sharing the natural world with each other in our own household bubbles, I fear that it will be all too quickly forgotten as things return to ‘normal’. Let’s hope not. The natural world has given us so much in the past few months. It has helped us all get through this.
The Bald Birder 