Sunday 01 November
I don’t know if today is the end of an incredible week or the start of an incredible week. Arguably, it’s both.
This past week has seen the fishing out of good parcels and a half-term break of if, buts and maybe’s politically, so ially and economically. It culminated personally with a wild, windy and wet walk past Sizewell nuclear power station and time to catch up with friends and family.
But it also has seen the announcement of Lockdown 2 which will start on Thursday after discussion on the detail in the coming days. Then on the way to my football matches this morning, my wing mirror got smashed by another car’d mirror traveling in the opposite direction. The case of mine broke but the mirror of the other car shattered. Is that bad luck for me?
We also have the US election taking place on Tuesday/Wednesday. Biden still leads in the polls but Trump has a weird habit of getting his own way.
There was a general malaise around the pitches today as I refereed a couple of games which are likely to be my last for at least a month. People are tired and fatigued by it all. They’re also scared and anxious and I do feel the mental health of young people is being impacted. They asked if we could observe a minute silence as we may not be able to do so next week when it would be the actual weekend to do so. Wow.
Something I didn’t share from yesterday’s walk. This memorial stands just off the beach at Sizewell to remember a group of 32 Dutch soldiers who tried to kayak to Britain to join the allied forces during World War 2. Only eight made it, and only three survived the war.
The Bald Birder 