Tuesday 14th April
We enter week 4 of lockdown. For us the time has gone quickly. For others in a less favourable situation time will be dragging. We meet our neighbour on this morning’s walk, and the talk turns to the small convenience store in Croft. The shop is normally well stocked, but ran out of items during the recent panic buying because the Cash & Carry that he uses prioritised customers according to size. He did not score highly. Working today, the first working day after the Easter weekend, and the link to the City Council struggles, the connection repeatedly dropping due to demand. During an e-mail exchange my manager tells me that her family all developed Covid-19 at the end of March and her partner spent 3 days in hospital with pneumonia. Our local independent hardware store in Stoney Stanton, and post office in Huncote are closed because the owners have Covid-19. Because of our rural location I have felt that we just need to sit it out, but maybe this will not be enough. The only outside worlds we directly interact with are dog walking and shopping, and each has been affected by Covid-19. Social distancing is easy on dog walks. Less so in Aldi. Social distancing is easy on dog walks. Less so in Aldi. Social distancing is at its easiest at the pub – tonight is Zoom pub session night, six of us spread over 90 square miles of Leicestershire and Northamptonshire, enjoying a chat over a pint.
Technically we live in Oaktree House, but sadly the tree had to go.
We now have a thriving Oakstump at the front of the house.
