Author Archives: The Bald Birder

Saturday 9 May Fifty days since they closed the schools – that’s a long time. We are all anticipating BJ’s speech to the nation tomorrow; we’ve only seen him once since he returned after recovering from the virus himself, but is a father again now of course. Sir Keir Starmer, the recently elected Labour leader,Continue reading “Day 50”

Friday 8 May It’s been 75 years since victory in Europe was announced which ultimately led to the end of the second world war. Arguably we have never been so disconnected from mainland Europe as we are now since we left the EU and await the outcome of trade talks at the end of thisContinue reading “Day 49”

Thursday 7 May I’ve really noticed Spring this year, I mean really noticed it, in real detail. Every year I always love the lime-green freshness of the new leaves and the unique smell of things putting real effort into growing. This year though I have noticed it even more; a mass of mosquitoes hanging inContinue reading “Day 48”

Wednesday 6 May Started this morning with a video meeting (that’s a technology that has really found it’s feet through this lockdown) followed by another run with Adora. I’m going to miss our morning runs when we get back to ‘normal’ and in a twisted way I am grateful for what this pandemic has givenContinue reading “Day 47”

Tuesday 5 May Another day working from home, kids learning or being crafty upstairs. Don’t know how we are going to have kids and staff back in school but keep the 2m social distancing going. Someone today asked how we would be able to keep everything clean and stop kids being kids. Went for ourContinue reading “Day 46”

Monday 4 May Fairly standard day working at home. Deep into planning for a phased return to school but hard to know exactly how to manage it until we hear from PM on Sunday. He is going to tell the nation what the next stages of life after lockdown will pan out. What will beContinue reading “Day 45”

Sunday 3 May So happy to see that the live cameras are back on the Peregrine’s nesting box at Norwich cathedral again this year. It was a really difficult year for me in 2019 and checking in on this box everyday throughout Spring added some real hope. It also allowed me to share what IContinue reading “Day 44”

Saturday 2 May Another weekend eases in without us really noticing and me and Adora did our C25K run for a solid 28 minutes! Some have feared that all the days will feel the same and although there is an element of groundhog day about the whole thing today does feel a little different thanContinue reading “Day 43”

Friday 1 May I have really neglected the blog of late. I guess, thirty odd days in, that things have become what is being referred to as the ‘new normal’ and very little has changed. But the situation does move on albeit rather subtly and I will backtrack through the days and recap as bestContinue reading “Day 42”

Thursday 30 April Boris Johnson has been on the telly again to day doing the daily briefing from 10 Downing Street. He announced that we have avoided the “tragedies other countries have suffered” and yet some project that fatalities in the UK might hit 40k or more. That would make us one of the worstContinue reading “Day 41”