Category: Diary of a Corona Virus Lockdown

So much for me wittering on yesterday about going to bed early and rising early. Last night, I just couldn’t sleep. We went off to bed at an appropriate time, but nothing, nada, just not […]

One thing that has changed for us a bit is that we seem to have fallen into a routine of going to bed at a reasonable time and waking early. Normally, when we have a […]

Yesterday’s snow had all gone this morning, having disappeared throughout the day and overnight had been replaced by some crispy frost. The boys weren’t too disappointed and had a good run round the garden, chasing […]

Since it was snowing quite heavily when we went to bed the night before, it was no big surprise to get up to a layer of white over everything this morning. What we hadn’t expected, […]

As I mentioned yesterday, one thing that has really helped keep me entertained during this period, are the comments and conversations my babbling has generated. Please keep them coming! For example, the comments about […]

One of the big positives and a huge source of feel good smiley moments, is the interractions you lovely lot are making with my verbal diarrhoea-esque ramblings on these updates. It’s been a long time […]

One thing that is noticeable in these strange times is that in a very short space of time, you just adapt to the new ‘normal’. In our ‘previously normal’ every day lives, we rush around […]

Apologies for not posting this yesterday. I could have, but I was feeling a bit low on and off during the day and it might have ended up being all doom and gloom and since […]

Yesterday evening finished with bad, but not unexpected news… our good friends (and ‘the boys’ idols), Fliss & Sam, have had to cancel their Easter visit out here. Of course, we knew it was coming, […]

Today started with a dilemma…. under normal circumstances this wouldn’t even be a dilemma, but it shows how fried your brain gets when ‘business is not quite usual’. One of the most beautiful things […]