We had a bit of a scary moment.

CV19 The daily record Monday May 4^th 2020,

Day 42

Great body booster start to the day.

Nice weather day today, not too hot but warm enough for shorts and for getting a few jobs done. First on the list is the dreaded shopping. Today we go to Waitrose, gloves and sanitizer at the ready. Well there was no queue and hardly anyone in the shop. It almost felt like normal and for the first time in 6 weeks I did not get stressed out doing the shopping. I can cope with this.

 Just after 10 and were back home, job done. There is still no flour on the shelves in the supermarkets but we don’t need any, cereals were thin on the ground but everything else we needed was available.

I left Ian to do the unpacking and then spent 2 hours down at the Age Concern garden, I filled 2 large rubbish sacks with cuttings and bulb debris. Luckily there are not many weeds there. However it did give me a good workout and that feel good feeling for doing a bit of good for others.

Ian is still not back to normal but is feeling a little better. He has mown the lawn again! Its growing like mad at present, also been keeping an eye on the BT’s. We have 8 nestlings and 2 unhatched eggs. The unhatched eggs have been pushed to the bottom of the nest, what does this mean. Will they hatch’ are the hatched chicks doing surrogate brooding now? The chicks appear to be strong and the little yellow gapes of beaks open automatically at the sound of a parent arriving with food. Both parents seem to be feeding, although one does stop to brood them from time to time.

 Mr BT sits on the washing line or atop the post and calls to Mrs BT quite loudly; he flaps his wings and makes quite a racket. This as we find out is not a good thing to do. We were catching a bit of sunshine in the garden when a Sparrowhawk flew in, right past the nest box. He did a sort of airflip swerve over the washing line towards the box and then away. Mr BT was nowhere to be seen or heard. We are craning our ears for 5 minutes when we finally heard a call from another garden. Might not be our BT though. However after 10 nerve racked minutes he flew straight into the nest box without the usual washing line perch. Phew.

There is an awful lot of vehicle theft occurring in Marlow at the moment. Is this occurring a lot in other places too? Every week someone is getting a car or usually a van stolen. Last night a local builder has his large van stolen from his drive. It is emblazoned with his logo and details so it must be an outfit that can deal with it pretty quickly.

Just for the record car sales have almost ground to a halt during March and April.

I have damaged my hand and have self diagnosed Trigger Finger. It’s very painful. Grrr.

Lambs Liver, Leeks and Mashed potato for dinner. I had some fresh pineapple & strawberries for pud.

Caught up with Van Der Valk recorded from Sunday.

Woken in the early hours by a Police Helicopter overhead.

Other notable news.

Test Track Trace has been launched on the Isle of Wight. You down load an App, which is allocated a unique number. It recognises other App users you have been in contact with. If you get CV19 symptoms you report it to the NHS and get tested. If the test is positive a text is sent to all the App users you have been in contact with telling them to self isolate. This is being trialled on IOW and if successful will be rolled out over the country ASAP.

Have to mention Nick Triggle (Just because of his name) he is the health correspondent for the BBC. He told us that the Nightingale Hospital in London has been put on standby for the moment, as it is not required at present. This is really good news. There are 3413 spare ICU beds.

28734 UK people have died so far, this is over all settings.

Another business scheme has been launched its called the bounce back scheme and you can claim up to £50k. (Conditions apply of course)

6.3 Million workers have been furloughed.

Less PPE is being used, as there are less people in Hospital; although PPE is still in short supply.

There is a big focus on care homes, making sure they have the support and equipment required.