Friday 15th May 2020
Today we should have been travelling to North Yorkshire for a week in a cottage on the North Yorkshire Moors. Social isolation guidelines do not permit one night away, never mind seven. Hopefully our re-arranged booking for July will be allowed.
I occasionally listen to Desert Island Discs on Radio 4. This morning the presenter and guest compared the views from their respective homes, where each were in lockdown for the recording. The presenter had a view of North London roofs, the guest looked out over Yorkshire Moors and the Pennines. As the guest said, for the past seven weeks we have all been stranded on our own desert islands.
Richard and Chris receive their Covid-19 test results. Chris passes (or “negative” as the result describes it), whereas Richard is dubious (or “uncertain” as stated in the result). He is invited for a second test, and sets off immediately – many appointments are available. Whatever is limiting the number of daily tests, it isnt availability at the test locations.
Back to Sainsbury this evening, late enough to be able to walk straight into a quiet store. Yesterday in Aldi almost no-one wore masks, despite narrow aisles making social distancing difficult. In the wide sparsely populated aisles of Sainsbury masks were common (although still worn by a minority). Maybe it’s a Sainsbury-
Clientele Culture thing. Maybe Sainsbury customers like to be seen to be doing the right thing
Gardening for most of today, from where I saw people using the BMX track on the sports field across the fields, the first time that I have seen it in use for weeks. Society is gradually unlocking.
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.
