Gentle start to the day. Cooked a sausage and some bacon for breakfast that needed using up. Now sat in the orangery (no orange tree anymore but the name endures for now) with a cup of tea and communications with the outside world. The radio is on in the kitchen and I can hear Anne doing stuff. Sounds of crockery, the tap being turned on momentarily.
Outside, the traffic noise. Who are these people in their cars during lockdown. Different to the last one. During the last lockdown we rarely ventured into a supermarket. It was mostly click and collect. People feel less constrained this time around.
I need to get up and get dressed but it is comfortable sat here rocking gently.
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Good chat with Joe this morning. He is doing some work for Anne’s Vans. Looking at new website design.
Now sat on a 2 hour ITSPA council conference call. On mute. Kind of thinking when might it be appropriate to crack open a beer.
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Work is done for the day. Now listening to Miles Davis ‘Round About Midnight whilst swigging a tonic and gin. Feeling in a very philosophical mood. Grasping life with both hands. Today I bought some compost and a padlock for the back garden gate to the allotments. I did some Anne’s Vans stuff (you know that), discussed Beyond The Woods and chatted with the procurement manager of a customer in South Africa whilst he was shopping in his local supermarket, all masked up. Booked and paid for the additional half day of the Land Rover Experience in Melton Mowbray on my birthday in December and dropped by Coops to discuss campervan stuff. Then chatted with dad who is currently still in hospital in Cardiff but has joined the escape committee to plan his getaway. Tunneling is not an option. He has to do it in full view of everyone through the front doors.
A chicken stir fry beckons…