Corona Lockdown Diaries

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Corona Lockdown week 8.5: Figuring out the new lockdown rules

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Earlier this week, Boris announced the new relaxed lockdown rules in a 14 minute bumbling presentation. This also included news that the schools would, hopefully, be reopening from June. As you might expect, the school thing somewhat took priority in my head. However now that we have seen the 50-page further guidance document (snore) which has firmly cemented the decision

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Corona Lockdown week 8: Stay alert, it’s back to school in June

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Read the rest of my Corona Lockdown diaries here. A quick preamble: If you’d never before noticed, I am not a fan of the Tory government in any way, shape or form. I am in fact what you might call a lefty snowflake, and I wear that badge proudly. You don’t have to agree with me, but I don’t care. I

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Corona Lockdown week 7: As long as the summer holidays, a lot more shit

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Read the rest of my Corona Lockdown diaries here. I realised today that as of today, we have officially been in Coronavirus lockdown for six and a half weeks; longer than the summer holidays last (at least here in England). We have been in lockdown for longer than the summer holidays last, but with nowhere to go. No playgrounds, no

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Corona Lockdown week 6: How not to do homeschooling in lockdown

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Read the rest of my Corona Lockdown diaries here. Monday morning, week 6 of lockdown. The week has barely begun, and already we have hit dizzying new heights in the Taylor household. The youngest child (4 years old and in reception) has written one letter (I, if you were interested) and left, throwing his book on the table and slamming

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Corona Lockdown week 5: Daily exercise, online socialising and too much gin

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Read the rest of my Corona Lockdown diaries here. As of today it’s been 5 weeks since the UK schools closures were announced and one month exactly since lockdown began. Because (strangely enough) I’ve not got a great deal else to write about at the moment, I’m trying to keep a Lockdown Diary of sorts to keep my brain ticking

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Tiger at Paradise Wildlife Park

Corona Lockdown week 4: Apparently the sunshine does make everything easier. Or maybe it’s the cocktails?

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Read the rest of my Corona Lockdown diaries here. It’s been a week since I wrote this post about lockdown, and specifically how much I felt I was suffering with the lack of alone time. In my head, I wrote it maybe a few days ago, but it really has been a full week. Time is stretching on forever, yet

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Corona Lockdown week 3: The sun is out and I’m desperate for some alone time

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Read the rest of my Corona Lockdown diaries here. It’s been a month now since Coronavirus first really entered my consciousness, and three weeks since the kids came home from school and didn’t go back in. I thought it was probably time for another little Coronavirus lockdown update, if for no other reason than to remind me of what’s been

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Corona Lockdown week 2: Five ways to spot a mum in family lockdown

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Read the rest of my Corona Lockdown diaries here. This is how I envisage I would be spending my time in lockdown if I didn’t have kids: I’d wake up late, eat whenever I fancied, spend the day watching Netflix documentaries about crazy people who breed tigers and kill their husbands. I might take up some new crafts, do some

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Corona Lockdown week 1: I don’t know who needs to hear this, but it’s OK to be sad and angry today

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Read the rest of my Corona Lockdown diaries here. This post contains affiliate and commercial links. It’s Tuesday today. Yesterday evening, the UK was put on a loose lockdown. I say lockdown; although the word itself wasn’t used, it was made very clear to British public that they should stay at home wherever possible to stop the spread of Coronavirus.

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