Thursday 05 November Today started with some mild Covid19 concern at work but it all got sorted swiftly and calmly. The first day of the second nationwide lockdown started with a bit of a bang. We have had a box of tree saplings delivered to the school for us to plant up on the schoolContinue reading “Day 230”
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Day 229
Wednesday 04 November What a weird couple of days. Everything feels out of sorts and upside down. The majority of the news today has focussed on what is unfolding in the US. The election is being billed as one of the most divisive battles in US electoral history. As I write this Biden and theContinue reading “Day 229”
Day 228
Tuesday 03 November There is a weird sense of the inevitable but also of the unpredictable. The second lockdown in England is coming on Thursday. Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland have already been living with lockdown style restrictions. Nervousness is growing amongst people I know, despite us arguably being much better prepared than before. AcrossContinue reading “Day 228”
Day 227
Monday 02 November Why do we go through, what seems like, phases of bad things happening? Times when it feels like there is a relentless stream of sadness or badness. I don’t ever remember similar stretches of ‘positivity’ occurring. “They always come in threes, you know.” Or “It’s just one thing after another.” These sayingsContinue reading “Day 227”
Day 226
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 aContinue reading “Day 226”
Day 225
Saturday 31 October A soggy day outside in the wet and wild, walking part of the Suffolk coastal path. Then back home to watch the prime minister announce the latest lockdown measures to the nation in a prime time TV special briefing. Another interesting day. We started the walk in sunshine and strong head winds.Continue reading “Day 225”
Day 224
Friday 30th October I went to the Imperial War Museum at Duxford today with the Gentleman’s Film and Leisure Club. It was great to be on a jolly outing, just cross the Essex/Cambridgeshire border with my pals. It is a fascinating place, huge hangars housing hundreds of planes. It’s quite interesting how we have conqueredContinue reading “Day 224”
Day 223
Thursday 29 October Its not lost on me that whilst discovering so much more about my local area, I am using the global world wide web to understand it in more detail. My legs do the walking and my eyes and ears take it all in, wowing at the beauty and the marvel of itContinue reading “Day 223”
Day 222
This morning started quietly. I took a bit of time simply watching and listening to the sights and sounds in the back garden. The sunshine was blasting the lawn and quivering branches with luke warm light. It’s a hollow light compared to that of the spring or summer, but it is very welcome nonetheless. WhatContinue reading “Day 222”
Day 221
Tuesday 27 October What a day this will be? Pretty much perfect. We had coffee in bed this morning, no rush to get up to be anywhere. I walked down the stairs a little like the tin-man from Oz after playing football last night. Letting Mabel out on to the back lawn (cut yesterday afternoonContinue reading “Day 221”
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