It’s been a day of contrasting events today. We awoke into sunshine and the promise of a warm day. We started by ringing our local farm shop who we had heard had groceries which we could order on the phone and have them delivered for free. We got through quite easily (our 12th redial call) and ordered bread, fruit and vegetables. orange squash, toilet paper and more. Finally I ordered 4 bars of their marzipan bars at which point the young lady said “Now I realize who you are”. I buy alot of marzipan there. Delivery is tomorrow.

Our Burglar alarm system has broken and although the security shop has had to close, I e-mailed them and they rang me back later. A young man took me through the control board to temporarily sort it and it worked. They are coming to instal a new unit, or part of one, on Friday.

I went into the village to collect a prescription from Boots the Chemist. I had to queue outside with about 10 others, two meters apart, as they were letting only three at a time into the shop on the basis of one out one in. My precription was ready for collection but apart from our queue outside, there was hardly anyone around and as for those few that were walking on the pavement, they gave each other a wide berth. Buses that passed us were empty of passengers.

At home Jenny did some gardening and I tried to set up our new laptop. It was not an easy task. We have been receiving lots of messages of support from family and friends and we are reciprocating. Many are circulating videos of our dear leaders giving speeches with dubbed alternative dialogue. If you can find it, my favourite is Nichola Sturgeon. Of course anything by Donald Trump is hilarious without any dubbing necessary.

The news makes for difficult watching. Worldwide, the number of cases is spiraling upwards and is very worrying. India has now gone into a full lockdown. Cities there are becoming ghost towns. Take care everyone!!

UK deaths 422.