House arrest - day 29

Weather still fine although there were a few drizzly spells in the late afternoon – managed a 45 min ride at the end of the day at average speed over 25km/h – that’s the second time this week and the fastest average speed since August 2017 so definitely a sign that fitness is improving. Rest of the day was mainly work but in the morning we popped out to Wickes to collect the wooden plank Claire will use as a tap board, on the way back we popped into Harvey’s to stock up on salt for the water softener. We normally get 6 weeks out of an 8kg pack but having 4 people instead of 2 in the house and all of us here almost the whole day has reduced that to 2 weeks per pack. Anyway, the 6 packs we bought should last about 3 more months of lockdown. Incidentally Harvey’s do a contact-free purchase and collection at their gates – phone through the order on the mobile, pay by cc, leave boot open and they deliver it directly into the boot of the car. For tea we had a lovely chicken and potato pie cooked by Laura. After that at 8 p.m. we went outside to clap for the NHS and other essential workers. Lynette and Phil then watched some TV and Claire attended a virtual “Tiger King” party dressed as Carol Baskin. Oh, one other thing, government announced another 3 weeks of lockdown today which takes us up to 7th May which will be "day 50" of this blog.Read more