Author name: Kim Stollard

#LivingInLockdown Day 33 & 34 – Friday/Saturday 17th/18th April   You may have noticed that I’ve sneakily written two days in one blog. It’s not cheating really (well maybe a little), more playing catch up. When I started this blog I was faithfully writing about the events of the previous day, so I was always […]

#LivingInLockdown Day 32 – Thursday 16th April   There are days during this lock down when everything flows smoothly. Then there are days where you can’t get your brain to focus on the slightest thing. Today is one of those days. I went to make lunch and was totally uninspired by the food in my

#LivingInLockdown Day 31 – Wednesday 15th April   Today I pondered the fact that whilst I might be stuck at home, my engagement with others has gone through the roof. Whether video conferences, phone calls, letters, text messages or Facebook I am in contact with more people from my past and present than ever before.

#LivingInLockdown Day 30 – Tuesday 14th April   Here’s a question that’s been bugging me recently: what on earth is going on in the bodies of asymptomatic carriers of Covid-19? The scientific community seem to agree that the infection rate of this disease means there must be a significant number of people who have the

#LivingInLockdown Day 29 – Monday 13th April   Monday is a good day because it’s when I usually go to the supermarket. This week I cheated a little bit and went to Carrefour which is significantly further from my house than the nearest supermarket, Mercadona. I had a valid reason for going as it’s the

#LivingInLockdown Day 27 – Saturday 11th April   One of the posts doing the rounds on social media at the moment is the question ‘what have learned about yourself during this lockdown?’ It plays into the idea that it is during difficult times that we find what we’re made of.  Also the fact that spending

#LivingInLockdown Day 26 – Friday 10th April   This week marks a momentous occasion. I used my oven for the first time since moving to Spain. Yes, you heard me correctly, I haven’t used an oven for over ten years. Even when I lived in the UK I was famous for using my oven only

#LivingInLockdown Day 25 – Thursday 9th April   This week there has been a debate raging about whether we should all wear face masks. The original advice from the World Health Organisation was that masks were unnecessary for the majority and that social distancing worked better. The medically approved face masks should be reserved for

#LivingInLockdown Day 24 – Wednesday 8th April   This week has had a number of highlights thus far. The first being I received in the post some lovely hand written letters from my great nephew and niece. I can’t remember the last time someone wrote to me by slow mail, everything is done by text