LIFE IN LOCK DOWN - WEATHER

One of the major positives about being in lock down for 68 days has been the weather. Apart from the odd few days here & there the weather in the UK has been absolutely fabulous for the last couple of months. And this has definitely been a huge 'positive' in the way we have all lived our lives since we went into lock down.

As you all know, I have a dog, so I have to go out whatever the weather. However as the weather has mostly been really good, I have been walking for miles and miles and miles.

I don't feel guilty about this because I live in a 4^th floor flat and my dog needs to go out for toileting purposes. She obviously doesn't need to go out for a 14 mile walk but actually on my 14 mile walks I very rarely pass anyone closer than 2m (which I would do in a supermarket or in a takeaway queue) and we always start the walk from our front door and end up at our front door.

However, this fabulous weather has good and bad points from the point of view of the nation being in lock down.

The good points are............................. we've all been able to get out in the sunshine for our daily walks. The good weather has encouraged everyone to go out and walk or cycle or jog or do whatever.

The bad points are.......................... people want to sit outside and disregard all the rules. We've all seen the photos of crowded beaches or countryside beauty hotspots that have been filled with picnicking people long before we even moved into the first stage of lock down.

Personally I think that we're all really, really lucky that Coronavirus struck the UK when it did. Can you imagine what it would have been like if we'd entered this lock down phase at the beginning of November. Can you imagine 6 months of lock down pretty much in the dark? At least we entered it at the start of summer and the weather from first thing in the morning until last thing at night has been fab.

Looking back to when we did the first clap at the end of March, it was dark. I remember standing out on my balcony, in the dark, and hearing everyone clapping but not being able to see anyone because it was so dark. And yet by the following week the clocks had gone forward and ever since it's just got lighter and lighter. However, it's less than a month until the 21^st June when we will experience the longest day of the year and then the nights will start getting darker again.

Even though the weather is absolutely fabulous at the moment its almost like the seasons are passing us by. I haven't a clue what happened to April and now we're at the end of May. Will June pass us by in the same way. Who knows.

The weather forecast for the next few days is superb. However this good weather seems to be encouraging everyone to leave their brains at home. When I walked my dog through the park today there were zillions of people sitting around having picnics with zillions of kids who were most definitely not social distancing.

I guess it's hard. I'm a single person. I live by myself. I go shopping once a week. I'm very self sufficient and don't feel the need to go around hugging people at the best of times. I'm not a 'huggy' person. However, today I went to see a friend in her garden. We had a 'social distancing' chat and it was lovely. And I am so grateful that the weather was lovely enough for us to do that.

As I've said above.............................. we are all sooooo, soooooo lucky that the weather has been this fabulous during lock down.

See you all tomorrow.

Toodles.