Sunday 10 January I am pleased when the weekend comes and there is enough time to do nothing at all. The clock matters, but in a very different way on Saturday and Sunday. The activities of both days are plotted around key events. Saturday; football at 3pm, this weekend my car needed an MOT andContinue reading “Day 296”
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Day 294
Friday 08 January I’ve really got that Friday feeling this evening. It’s been a really tough week and Boris Johnson’s announcement of national lockdown #3 feels so long ago. Driving home, I called Dad. I try to check in with him daily whilst in the car. It’s a good use of the forty five minuteContinue reading “Day 294”
Day 291
Tuesday 05 January I am reluctant to admit what I am fearing is th case. It’s too soon, surely? The post-Christmas, post-New Year slump. The Jan/Feb melancholy. Plus of course the lockdown which comes in to law tonight at one minute past midnight. Over the years I have become increasingly bothered by those two calendarContinue reading “Day 291”
Day 289
Sunday 03 January It has been a largely bleak day weather-wise. Cold drizzle, freshening breeze from the northeast and only a dash of sunshine first thing this morning. The fall out of the past 48 hours, and the government’s incapability to make firm decisions continued today. Some staff, parents and pupils are nervous to return.Continue reading “Day 289”
Day 287
Friday 01 JanuaryNew Year’s Day Last night, midnight passed with me in a reasonably optimistic mood. I didn’t nod off or have bad thoughts, and so I can look forward to a promising year ahead. Certainly if the predictions of Wakenhyrst are to be believed. We did our traditional New Year’s Day walk from StuttonContinue reading “Day 287”
Day 285
Wednesday 30 December I’ll be honest. I am not looking forward to the next couple of months. The past couple have been hard work, mentally and physically. This Christmas break should have provided time to switch off and recharge the batteries. But I have found this very difficult, constantly recieving news on the growing CoronavirusContinue reading “Day 285”
Day 284
Tuesday 29 December We’ve been really lucky. All of the walks we have down in and around our locality (not straying too far due to Covid restrictions) have been really good. Interesting things to see, close up and from distance, broad vistas of land and a thousand acres of sky. But today I held myContinue reading “Day 284”
Day 283
Monday 28 December Today started slowly. An easy morning. I took Stan to meet his girlfriend so they could do a cross-country walk, being in Tier 4 there’s not much else allowed. Then, shortly after I returned the rest of us went on a dog walk ourselves. We met up with them both half wayContinue reading “Day 283”
Day 280
Friday 25 DecemberChristmas Day It’s Christmas Day. We woke around 6am and I came downstairs to make a cup of tea for me and Lisa. The stockings were there on the floor infront of the fire place and the kids were still asleep. But it didn’t take long before Adora’s bedroom door handle rattled andContinue reading “Day 280”
Day 270
Tuesday 15 December This morning, I stole a few moments outside whilst at work. First thing, whilst checking the pupils in to school, I closed the gate and decided to walk the slightly longer way back indoors. That little extra bit of time, two minutes at the most, provided me with some deep breaths ofContinue reading “Day 270”
The Bald Birder 