Author Archives: The Bald Birder

Friday 29 May Last week day before the lockdown restrictions begin to ease on Monday, it’s also the last day of half-term, not that we have really noticed it. It feels like many people are not keen to return to work or have their children return to school due to the risk of infection. PsychologicallyContinue reading “Day 70”

Thursday 28 May Just finished watching Question Time on telly and the chat afterwards on the radio is about how so many politicians seem to know next to nothing about what is going on at the moment. Fair enough, things are moving so quickly but you would expect MPs selected to appear to know theContinue reading “Day 69”

Wednesday 27 May The last few days have seen the winds drop to nothing and the temperature drop to an insipid ‘not too hot, not too cold’. The whole country is betwixt and between places; some people are back to work whilst others are not, we’re facing some kids returning to school and others continuingContinue reading “Day 68”

Tuesday 26 May Sixty-seven days – it’s a number that has hit home to me just how big this thing has been. Worked this morning on the content for our trust website that will distill all of the (crazy amount) of information that has come from the DfE and just give the staff and parentsContinue reading “Day 67”

Monday 25 May I’m sitting in our sun-drenched garden writing this first part of today’s post to the breaking news that Dominic Cummings will hold a press conference later today, and field questions over the allegations of him breaking lockdown guidance. It’s become a frenzied media story that angers me; not so much because ofContinue reading “Day 66”

Sunday 24 May Writing this late on Sunday evening I am aware of a real change in direction on a number of levels. Lisa and I started the morning with a trip to a local garden centre, both of us able to go in together. This has been impossible up to now not only becauseContinue reading “Day 65”

Saturday 23 May Really windy today; dry, warm but really blowy. There are stormy conditions in and around number 10 too as the PMs chief aide, Dominic Cummings, is coming under pressure to resign or be sacked for breaching lockdown rules and driving from London to Durham to see his parents. A whole bunch ofContinue reading “Day 64”

Friday 22 May It’s Stan’s 17th birthday today and we have now celebrated a third birthday in our household under lockdown; happy birthday, Son. Me and Lisa were both at work today while crazy preparations persist for the grand opening of schools after the half term ‘break’. The pressure is really on the primary headteachersContinue reading “Day 63”

Thursday 21 May These weeks seem to be whizzing by, it’s half term next week and then schools are due to reopen for some primary years on 1st June. Me and Stan have just finished season 8 of The Walking Dead which we started from the very first episode on the first day of lockdown;Continue reading “Day 62”

Wednesday 20 May The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced to the House of Lords yesterday (via Zoom) that the impact of Caronavirus and the subsequent recession “will be severe”. Recession affects everyone in some way or other but obviously, in the worst cases, people will lose their jobs and be unable to get anything else.Continue reading “Day 61”