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Day 67 That was the week that was . I wonder what the panel of this show would make of the last week. Then there is Private Eye and Have I got news to you. The satirists would have had a field day over the last few days.
It was gone 7am when I pulled myself out of bed. As each day passes by it feels increasingly hard to force myself out of bed. I might only be 10 mins later getting up or even half an hour but waking does feel different the later I set out. As I looked out of the window a dog walker stopped outside our house . He reminded me of a scene in France when the frenchman gets out of his car and wees up against the nearest tree. It was not the man offending me but his dog . A dog who had cocked his leg up and was peeing up a bush. A few minutes later a lady passed by. Her dog stopped and sniffed the bush. Because I was later more people were out walking.
I was heading for posh Middle Road . I have not been this way
for a few weeks . I wondered how different it would look like.
The fishermen where on the Lido. Across the pond I heard a happy voice echoing "I have caught one !!!"
The canopy of the trees had thickened. I no longer could see the sun shining through . The flowers of the canopy floor had gone over. Small and large daisies grew everywhere . Remember when you were younger . Did you , like me sit in a field and pick those daisies to make a chain which I hung round my neck until the flowers died? . I am sure that we all did it as children .
The yellow of the Celandine had finished and were replaced by bright butter coloured Buttercups . We picked them and placed them under our chins . The yellow of the flower reflected back under our young chins . If they reflected yellow we liked butter. Who did not like butter in the 50's and 60's spread thickly on thick brown Hovis bread.
The gardens I passed had suddenly filled with the open flowers of the mauve Rhodedendrums. Seen as a weed by many it had
become the mainstay of Victorian gardens and loved by Victorian gardeners .
Day 67 I thought of a sandwich with its fillings as I walked up the hill. I was always taught put the bad news in the middle sandwiched between good news. Our good news was leaked today . Markets can open from the 1st June . Car showrooms can open too. I cant imagine how social distancing will work in either venues . Who wants to buy a new car I wondered ? With furlough and redundancies how on earth will anyone except the rich find the money to buy a new car? I suppose each step I took the angrier and frustrated I felt . Other retail shops will be opening by the middle of June . But what of dentists more essential than car showrooms? What about hairdressers ? I am sure more people want their hair cutting rather than go to look at a car .
The middle of my sandwich was not David Coulthard the racing driver but Dominic Cummings. Yet another press conference yesterday yielded no answers that made sense . 71% of those who listened to it did not believe
a word that was said . In my head I re-run every word that was spoken and with each step I found myself thinking how ridiculous it all sounded . The man who had engineered Brexit and is behind Covid 19 guidelines has caused one massive rift that Private Eye relishes . Was he a rule breaker or did he do the right thing?
I carried on walking and found a small path I had never walked before. A massive fence separated me from the woods . Large signs warning of private property. I had little choice but to walk back. Past the pub that had started selling freshly baked bread and croissants .
All this walking . The story goes that if you walk briskly for 40 minutes over a week you should at best lose 1 lb a week . At worse maintain your weight . So after 9 weeks I should be half a stone lighter . Was I? No not one ounce lost even with all that walking .
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Jackie
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I think they are opening outdoor markets and Car Showrooms, as against dentists and hairdressers, because its easier to be socially distant? Goodness knows when we will ever be able to go to a dentist again - I just bought some expensive mouthwash a few weeks ago!!! I think Boris is a Buffoon - he liked the idea of being Prime Minister - didn't realise that he would actually have to do some work!! I think he should sack Cummings -but will he???'I think you may be alright for September - we haven't got anything booked at all - will just play it by ear! Where is the train booked to? I haven;t worked since I was 52 years - it certainly gives you a lot of freedom- you just need to structure your life! Its a lot easier when we can visit family 3 days a week!!! The days at the moment roll into one but at least the allotment is totally up together!!