It has now been a couple of weeks since we English folk were permitted to socialise in a public open space, or even in our own private garden (should we be fortunate enough to have one) with up to five friends (should we be fortunate enough to have any). Monday 12th April sees us making the next step in the […]
It’s finally here: An eight step guide to going to the pub post-lockdown Read More >>
Read the rest of my Corona Lockdown diaries here. I couldn’t let this day pass without commemorating it somehow. Lockdown started a year ago today. Happy lockdowniversary! 365 days. A whole year! It feels like ten. OK we haven’t been in full lockdown the whole time, but aside from the summer when we got a little taste of freedom it’s been
365 days of Corona: Reflecting on a whole bastard year of lockdown Read More >>
So here we are in the last week of February, and yesterday Boris Johnson shared his ‘roadmap out of lockdown‘. I didn’t watch it because the mere sight of his ridiculous hair and his blundering incompetence give me a burning rage like I’ve never experienced, but essentially this is it, simplified: Whether or not we reach ‘step four’ by June
Two weeks til the schools go back, two months til the pub (maybe) Read More >>
It’s day three of the cold, miserable February half term holiday. Unlike previous years when we’d be having days out at the zoo or farm, or at soft play, or palmed the kids off on grandparents, it’s another school holiday in LOCKDOWN. Woo-bloody-hoo. Although I must say I’m preferring the relaxed days to the daily battle of wills that is
Things have been a little quiet over this way recently. With a dear friend still in hospital battling that bastard Coronavirus, and all sorts of stuff going on at home, the blog has fallen a bit by the way side in terms of updates. Also, there isn’t really a lot going on worthy of talking about. At the moment in
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I never thought I’d say this again but this is part of the Corona Lockdown Diaries. You can read the rest here. So, after one term of school and a two week half-term holiday, the second UK Coronavirus lockdown, Lockdown the Sequel, has officially begun. The non-essential shops are all shut, the pubs and restaurants are closed, cocktails are take-out
Lockdown 2 The Sequel: This time, it’s depressing Read More >>
…And here we are in October. I don’t get why everyone raves about it to be honest. I guess it’s OK if you like being cold and wet, in the dark. The whole family has been out of isolation (and the kids have been back at school) for a week or so now, which means I haven’t done an update
A week out of isolation: Post viral fatigue and going to the pub til 10 Read More >>
Strap in folks, this is likely to be a long one. This was written a little while ago from my ‘sick bed’. We are now on the home stretch and I’ll be out of isolation fairly soon and the kids back to school in a week. I didn’t fancy splashing it all over social media for many reasons; I didn’t
Isolation life: Germy kids and a killer plot twist Read More >>
There is just a single bank holiday weekend left before my whole family needs to become diurnal again. In a few days, the kids are back to school after the longest summer holiday in the whole of living memory. And yes I am aware I say that every year, but this time I’m not even exaggerating. In fact, I am
A back to school like no other Read More >>
Read the rest of my Corona Lockdown diaries here. This is a collaborative post. See my disclaimers for more information. Apologies; I’ve missed a week or so of my thrilling lockdown diaries. Last week was my tenth wedding anniversary, and gloriously sunny to boot, so rather than sitting at my computer discussing what an idiot Donald Trump is and the latest catchy
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