16.01.21.
Its been snowing, only a little but Ian said it was quite heavy at 6am. I missed it as fast asleep. In fact, didn’t wake up until 9 gulp. Well we were once again woken up in the dead of night this time by next doors milkman grrr. Awake for a full 2 hrs after. I don’t stress about being awake as it’s not as though I have anywhere to get up and go to these days.
I can barely make out Winter Hill through the sleety, misty view from the window. I think the word for this type of day is dreich.
There is a delay to the Pfizer vaccine as they make modifications to the plant where it is made. Or are they modifying the vaccine??
Scotland have new tighter restrictions. Customers buying takeaway food are no longer allowed inside the premises, service must be from a hatch or doorway. Only essential services can offer a click and collect service.
Things seem to be slowing down on the infection rate, but the hospital admissions are still rising and with it the death rate too. Boris has not tightened restrictions for England. In the briefing last night, he emphasized that Covid is carried on items of shopping and deliveries. Keep washing your hands, don’t touch your face and clean everything that comes into the house.
From 4am on Monday 18th January the UK will shut its borders. All travel corridors have been suspended and everyone needs a negative test for arriving in the country.
Sunday 17th Jan.
Woke up feeling down. No idea why as I have been quite upbeat this week. Conversations during the Staying Inn yesterday revealed that others are feeling down, fed up and bored but mainly kind of down. Weather, lack of freedom, lack of choice and unable to go to the pub a restaurant or anywhere we fancy being the main reasons. So, everything really. We all try to put a positive spin on things and keep ourselves busy, get out & about and exercise but it’s all a bit samey with no immediate end in sight.
I may have mentioned this earlier but one of the scientists last week said that even if the infection rate comes down it is not a natural reduction in the disease it has just been suppressed. The analogy that was used was you can keep it under control by turning the heat down but turn the heat back up and it will soon boil over. In other words, stay home and don’t flex the rules.
So, there I was feeling down and fed up on a glorious sunny blue-sky day. Ian says we have to go for a walk. Miserable me cannot face another pavement walk and am desperate to venture to pastures new. Not allowed that so we start off up through the Vineyard down Pump Lane into Monkton lane, across the fields towards Little Marlow. The noise from the A404 is amazing so many cars on the road with nowhere to go and no one to see, what are they all doing?
As we come into a field by Emmets farm, I stop, listen and yes, I am sure I heard a Skylark. Oh yes, I did and there was the little beauty hovering up in the sky, singing away a truly uplifting sight and sound on this blue-sky day. It made me very happy and lifted the gloom. Movement to the right catches my eye and a whole flock of Skylarks skim over the field, back and forth, lots of them, more fly up high and start their happy song.
Circling round through Little Marlow past the Kings Head and the Queens Head both tightly closed up. Down the footpath back towards Marlow, it was really muddy, and I mean really muddy. Quite a few people out and about too but not too many to make it uncomfortable and everybody seemed to be in high spirits because of the lovely day.
Ian is playing a Taylor Swift album and its driving me mad as every song sounds the same. Same words, same tune, same tempo he likes it but arrrrrghhhh.
Willow is asleep on a sunny spot on the sofa, I am going to get the washing in off the line and should clean my boots and that’s it folks the sun will soon start to go down and we will light the fire and settle down to… oh no I just remembered Ian wants to watch the football.
Have a good week everyone and take care.
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