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#LivingInLockdown Day 42 – Sunday 26th April   An exciting weekend. Yesterday the Spanish government finally announced the rules for children being allowed out for exercise. From today up to three children under 14 can go out with one responsible adult for one hour of exercise up to 1km from their home. They must observe […]

#LivingInLockdown Day 40 & 41 – Friday/Saturday 24th/25th April   It finally happened. I missed a day’s blog. To be honest it was such a busy day yesterday that I didn’t even notice until I fell into bed at 2am this morning having drunk rather too much during a Zoom social. It didn’t seem a

#LivingInLockdown Day 39 – Thursday 23 April   The inevitable has happened. I’ve put on weight. I know this because my body has started to point out that it’s not happy, nothing too bad, just a general feeling of frumpiness and lethargy. So I bit the bullet and weighed myself (the horror!) and yes, I

#LivingInLockdown Day 38 – Wednesday 22 April   A miracle happened today. I went to the pharmacy to get some eye drops and they actually had face masks for sale. They weren’t advertised but there’s been a lot of news about Madrid sourcing extra masks so I thought I’d ask. Not only were they available

#LivingInLockdown Day 37 – Tuesday 21 April   I was sat on my bed this evening reading a book and contemplating the fact that I hadn’t yet written today’s blog. I was wondering whether the time had come to stop writing daily and maybe go to every other day. This was partly because I didn’t

#LivingInLockdown Day 35 – Sunday 19th April   There was a massive storm last night. Thunder, lightening and torrential rain. It was great! I love a tempestuous storm (as long as I’m indoors and dry). As I watched nature having a major strop I felt all my own frustrations melt away. Nothing like a storm

#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.