116 days since isolation /lockdown

Although Mondays figures of recorded deaths is always lower than other days, today’s figure of 15 is very heartening. Good news is coming in on all fronts including an increase including more flights to holiday destinations. We are, however, still determined to carry on as before. It’s not over until the fat lady sings.

There has been good news for the arts with money being made available to help them out of the crisis with no money coming in. Theatres and other live venues would however prefer to reopen. The East Riding Theatre in Beverley where I do some voluntary work, needs help and it would be tragic if it and others fell by the wayside. Let’s see how far £1,500,000,000 goes!

I’ve noticed that many people, including those that should know better, start sentences with “so” Why. I noticed it start over a year ago and it seems to have got much worse. It’s either a conjunction or an adverb. It can also be a pronoun. Not the opening word of a sentence. Maybe it’s a symptom of the pandemic.

At this time of year in Spain, we would be plagued with flies and beetles but we got used to it. Now, the buzzing of a single house fly in the lounge has driven us mad. We did not rest until we had killed the little bugger. We need to get some fly swats.

Our new occasional armchair arrived from NEXT today. It came ready to use except for the legs which were in a secret compartment underneath. Interestingly enough, the wrapping contained an eight page instruction on how to screw the legs in. What a waste of paper.

We had the car valeted yesterday by a mobile car cleaner called Lee. What a great job he did. The car was not really dirty but the interior was a mess after using it for three visits to the local council tip. He gave it a nice polish and the wheels look great. Highly recommended.

Called at mum’s yesterday. She was in good form as usual and doesn’t seem lonely at all. Her wash basket was quite full so I took it home to wash. Her gardens, front and back, are both looking nice and tidy. Credit to the gardener who comes for a couple of hours a week.

UK deaths Monday 6th July 16

UK deaths Tuesday 7th July 155 (7 day moving average is 95)

UK deaths Wednesday 8th July 126