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#LivingInLockdown Day 10 – Wednesday 25th March   According to Facebook I was in Valencia this time four years ago. I have fond memories of that holiday. Of course if things had been different I would be jetting off to Rome in four days time. That of course is all cancelled as is the holiday […]

#LivingInLockdown Day 9 – Tuesday 24th March   This morning I wake up to the news that the UK is now also officially in quarantine conditions for the next 3 weeks at least. Welcome to the club folks. If anything this will make my life easier. For a start it eases the worry about family

#LivingInLockdown Day 7 – Sunday 22nd March   It’s a grey Sunday morning after a boozy Saturday night. What else is a girl to do except have a nice lie in. Time to settle down to some serious slobbing in bed with a mug of tea, some online games and a bit of book reading.

#LivingInLockDown Day 4 (Part 2) – Thursday March 19th It’s a big night in the lockdown calendar because I am hosting my first Zoom video conference meeting and I have no idea what I’m doing. This is an event for Costa Women Madrid, a group I whose social events I host. The idea is instead

#LifeInLockDown Day 2 (part 2) – Tuesday March 17th Despite the cramps I’m up again at 8pm as this is the time all Madrid (possibly all Spain) goes to their windows to cheer. Everyone claps, blows horns, waves lights in the air for about five minutes. It’s very up-lifting. Pretty much every apartment in my

#LifeInLockDownDay 2 (part 1) – Tuesday March 17th Woken up by the start of cramps at 4am. This is pretty normal. I drag myself out of bed to refill the hot water bottle and swallow an ibuprofen with a yoghurt to help it down. Whilst waiting for the kettle to boil I ponder the current