Day 66 - Back to the Marina!

The 5km limit on how far you can go from your house has been in place for almost two weeks now, but today was my first time back at the Marina in over two months. This is where I would normally do almost all of my long runs, so it was lovely to be back for a ninety minute run today. I particularly enjoyed getting to be beside the sea again for the first time since March. The next thing that I’d like to be able to do is to go for a sea swim, but I think that’ll have to wait until the radius extends to 20km in three weeks time, as I can’t think of any swimming areas within 5km of home. At least it gives me something to look forward to!

I also managed to capture one of my favourite images of the lockdown, while out for my run today. A lady, who looked like she was over seventy, had her arms outstretched and was breathing in the sea air. It makes me feel really uplifted just looking at this image!

On the way home from my run, I stopped in a nearby Tesco express to pick up some grapes and a few treats. Unexpectedly, I was the only customer in the shop for almost the entire time. People are shopping less these days so I think they prefer to go to the bigger supermarkets where they can do a bigger shop.

Me and Peter did a lot of work on our lockdown band recording this afternoon. Peter seems intent on perfecting the piece to within an inch of its life at the moment! I guess we won’t be going anywhere for a while, so I’ve now allowed myself to get sucked into the process of tweaking and fixing lots of little bits in the piece. It’ll be a masterpiece by the end of all of this!

I’d a lovely chat with Fiona and Orlaith on Zoom at 4pm today. We avoided almost all talk of the virus, and we’d a good laugh about air fryers and egg makers. Complaining about the restrictions of lockdown has its place, but it’s also really nice to have a conversation with friends, in which the virus and lockdown are not mentioned at all! After a little wobble this morning, where Peter had to listen to me rant about how “Leo Varadkar is not managing the situation well,” the chat about an egg maker was much needed!

I do, overall, think that the authorities have managed the situation in our country well. Sometimes, though, it just seems that the current restrictions are unwinding at a snails pace!もっと詳しく