Day 45 - Unexplored parts of my radius

We are now 45 days into our lockdown and there are still, somehow, parts of my 2km radius that I haven’t explored! I went out at 10am this morning for a long run while chatting to Fiona. We spent most of the time discussing what lies ahead in the future, especially in terms of immunity to covid-19, and the development of a vaccine. The WHO announced yesterday that there is currently “no evidence” that covid-19 induces long term immunity in people. We had a good chat about what we thought the implications of this were.

About halfway through my run, I spotted someone emerging from a gap in the hedge beside the road, and so I decided to see what was beyond the hedge. I was so glad that I did, because what I found was an expanse of field, right beside the river Lee. And barely a soul around. It was just perfect! There was one spot where the trail was only wide enough for single file, but when I emerged from that section, I saw that two people were waiting patiently for me to come out of that section before they went in. I think this will be my new spot to come to every day. It feels like absolutely ages ago that I was running up the hill from our house, and past the buy Supervalu etc.

The rest of the day was nice and lazy. I worked a bit on our lockdown orchestra. Incidentally, producing our orchestra piece has almost become my full time job, but more of that anon! I also did a free yoga class on the Downdog app. I chose a “restorative” class, as I was quite tired. I then edited my Tesco delivery which is due tomorrow. I think I’ve mentioned before that planning the Tesco delivery is a big highlight of the week!

I somehow ended up out in the garden for a bit in the afternoon too, even though the weather was quite cool. My buxus plants, that I adopted from Fiona’s garden last Summer, are looking half dead, so they are in dire need of some care and attention. I’ve trimmed them, and will water them every day for the next while.

In the evening, me and Peter sat down to watch the new Chris Hemsworth film, Extraction, on Netflix, as he had been discussing it on the Graham Norton show the night before. It wasn’t the best film ever, but it was a nice, easy watch. It was one of those films that’s good if you don’t think too deeply about it!

Anticipation is really building now about what will be announced this Friday, in terms of our restrictions that are due to expire on 5th May. I’ve been listening to the radio and television. Some days it seems that the restrictions won’t change at all, but other days it seems that our 2km radius might be widened slightly, or done away with altogether. I’m so jealous of the people on the National Public Health Emergency Team that already have some idea of what’s coming next week!もっと詳しく