Friday 16 October I’ve just got off the phone to my Dad. He’s really feeling the strain like everyone else at the moment. But, to the worldwide backdrop of the pandemic, he also struggles with the very personal ‘virus’of loneliness. As I’ve already shared, my Mum, lives in a care home in Clacton, a fewContinue reading “Day 210”
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Day 209
Thursday 15 October Getting towards the end of another week and that’s really what it’s feeling like at the moment. Another week, followed by yet another week, and so it goes on and on and on. It’s becoming so draining at the moment. Just trying to get through each day, each week. It’s really difficultContinue reading “Day 209”
Day 208
Wednesday 14 October This past 208 days has seen much change. Much of this, I hope, will eventually change back to the way it was. But there are certainly some things that are likely to stay with us. The use of technology to teach and learn remotely is something that I strongly believe is stayingContinue reading “Day 208”
Day 207
Tuesday 13 October It’s been a long, wet, grey day. There is so much on the TV, radio, online and in conversation about the rise of Covid19 once again. It’s getting increasingly concerning every day. Keir Starmer, the leader of the opposition, has demanded that the government announce a two or three week national lockdown.Continue reading “Day 207”
Day 206
Monday 12 October Really excited as I write this post. Footy@9 is restarting tonight. I have been arranging weekly six-a-side football on a Monday night for around nine years now. It started of as a group of us dads from our kids’ primary school. Every Monday night, rain, sleet or snow, we have been playing.Continue reading “Day 206”
Day 205
Sunday 11 October Another bright and breezy day today, perfect for football. I was the referee for two games again, this time out at Birch. In between the games I had time to take in the sunshine and the views. Nothing particularly spectacular but special all the same. The shapes of trees and the coloursContinue reading “Day 205”
Day 204
Saturday 10 October Every couple of weeks or so, the birds come back to take the stage. There have been a number of birds in the past twenty-four hours that have raised their heads and voices to let me know they’re around. At work, I was called to help encourage a Robin to leave aContinue reading “Day 204”
Day 203
Friday 09 October Crikey, what a week. Coronavirus, interview and a new job and all the usual trappings of family life and a working week. Then, here we are at the end of another Friday. Beautiful sunshine to start the day. The view from the bathroom, onto our back garden this morning, was good enoughContinue reading “Day 203”
Day 202
Thursday 08 October I have been really fortunate this week to have been home in time to take Mabel for a walk. Over the weeks and months of writing this blog, I have mentioned our evening walks casually, fleetingly as part of something else. A means to observe something interesting or new. I don’t thinkContinue reading “Day 202”
Day 201
Wednesday 07 October First up, a bit of housekeeping. In Day 199, I said that I would write more about Osea Island the following day. Well, I didn’t. Not a crime, I know, but a wrong that needed righting. I will write more about Osea after I have reached it. Me and Adora (and possiblyContinue reading “Day 201”
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