The day started wonderfully well today with an early morning walk. Mr Chester and I took ourselves across the fields and thoroughly enjoyed the fresh air. I thought we may only be out for half an hour, but we were so engrossed that we were out for nearly an hour. Great fun.
My intention was to pop over to Mum’s for a bit more sorting today but, by the time I’d fiddled about with this and that and a bit more admin, the morning ran away with me and Andrew was on the doorstep with a van he’d hired to help us move some furniture to the care home tomorrow.
Lateral flow tests done, masks on and in the fresh air, Andrew spent the afternoon helping John check over the Lotus while I went out to have my hair cut. What excitement – youngest son visiting and a hairdressers appointment. Can’t be bad, eh?
I had gathered one or two pieces from Mum’s flat that the Kenilworth Sleaths thought they’d like, so I suggested that I drop them in while I was in Kenilworth. Well, that all turned out better than I thought it would, because I went with Harriet to collect Freddie from school, who was both surprised and delighted to see me.
Home again, and after our evening meal I trotted out with Chester once more. I hadn’t gone very far though when I saw some friends whom I hadn’t seem for ages, so we stood and chatted for at least fifteen minutes. It was great to catch up on their news.
John, in the meantime, had laboured all afternoon on his beloved Lotus but is still head-scratching. He has managed to remove the chassis from the body, but he’s not quite sure where the problem is now. More investigations afoot methinks.
Otherwise, not an awful lot else to report. Middle son and family are now in Jersey, having spent eight hours on the ferry across the channel; the doctor has prescribed more pills for John to protect his bones; we have had our appointments come through for our COVID jabs on Thursday; and I’m looking forward to more walks tomorrow.
- 2,685 people tested positive for the virus today
- 17 people died with the virus in the community in the last 24 hours
- 13 people died on 25 & 26 April with the virus in hospital
We are on Day 400 since the beginning of Lockdown One, and Day 406 since John and I retreated indoors at the start of it all last year. It’s Day 30 since Lockdown 3 was eased, and we’re into Day 16 of the instruction that were allowed to play outdoors. Not long now until we can all play indoors….
Take care everyone. God bless.