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  • Philip DaviesTravelerCovid-19 House Arrest

    House arrest - day 53

    May 10, 2020 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C

    Last day of the long weekend and the cold air was set to arrive from the north. Started off quite temperate in the high teens but as the day progressed it got colder and colder dropping by around 1C per hour through the day. Did most outdoor things in the early part of the day – washed the 2 outside cars and did a bike ride to Woking on the MTB. We had a fry-up late morning courtesy of Claire and Laura – very tasty. Evening meal was a raclette, also very tasty, followed by a cheesecake cooked by Claire – delicious. The big announcement in the evening from Boris hasn’t really changed a lot for us, main change seems to be we can now drive somewhere well away from the house for exercise and can meet somebody else so long as we stay 2m away from them. Some other folk will now be expected to go back to work but not us as we can work from home.Read more

  • Philip DaviesTravelerCovid-19 House Arrest

    House arrest - day 52

    May 9, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Second day of the long weekend and the weather was just amazing. In fact it was too hot to sit in the sun in the afternoon and I sought out the shade to relax. Morning bike ride today – just over 22km to Walton Bridge and back via Weybridge. Lovely day and lots of other folk out running and cycling. Cycled back past our favourite pub, the Old Crown on the banks of the Thames in Weybridge. Looking lovely with lots of baskets of flowers outside but rather sad and forlorn die to being shut now for almost 7 weeks. Evening meal was a BBQ – chicken kebabs and spicy lamb skewers.Read more

  • Philip DaviesTravelerCovid-19 House Arrest

    House arrest - day 51

    May 8, 2020 in England ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C

    Bank holiday – and luckily, lovely warm weather to go with it. Morning spent doing a few jobs like mowing both front and back lawns plus the monthly use of the strimmer near trees etc.. Also cleaned and “Danish Waxed” the black “Pub Table” at the back of the garden. In the afternoon we had a family bike ride – cycled over to Horsell Common and did quite a long loop through the common which was looking fantastic and not many people. There were a few folks having VE day arties in their front gardens.

    The evening meal was a Thai take-away, thank you Laura! It was really, really good – quite possible the best takeaway since lockdown (although the Chinese with crispy duck gave it a close run). Watched the VE day stuff on TV in the evening finishing with Gogglebox.    Read more

  • Philip DaviesTravelerCovid-19 House Arrest

    House arrest - day 50

    May 7, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C

    Great news and celebrations here today – Claire got the job for which she had been interviewing over zoom. She starts on Wednesday as the “Customer Insights and Brand Marketing Manager” i.e. in charge of marketing/advertising etc… for the company Checkatrade.com. She did really well to get the job having been through 3 interviews, the final one being with the CEO where she had to do a 20 minute presentation using PowerPoint through the zoom Videocon software. Apart from that it was a busy day workwise for Phil – he did 3 videoconferences, the final one being a webinar where he presented for 20 minutes to about 90 people logged in. Late afternoon bike ride was just Phil and he went to Ripley via Wisley on the MTB. Such a shame that it's shut as the Rhododendrons are in full bloom.

    Earlier in the day Claire had cycled to the PO depot in Brooklands to post an Amazon return item. Lynette did the weekly shop in Tesco – long queue to get in today. Evening meal was a superb fish pie cooked by Lynette. As Friday is a bank holiday we declared Thursday as the start of the weekend and had some G&Ts.    Read more

  • Philip DaviesTravelerCovid-19 House Arrest

    House arrest - day 49

    May 6, 2020 in England ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C

    The lovely weather continues and getting warmer – up to around 20C this afternoon. Another full work day and a final interview for Claire for one of her job applications – good luck! Short bike ride for Phil in late afternoon – Brooklands-New Haw loop c.40 minutes. Did weekly phone call to Angela in Wales – they’re fine although it seems that the 4 in the cottage (including Phoebe and Pim) have had the virus although the tests so far came back negative. Evening meal was a Brazilain chicken dish cooked by Claire – quite spicy but very nice. Finished evening with 3rd episode of “Trial of Christine Keeler”.Read more

  • Philip DaviesTravelerCovid-19 House Arrest

    House arrest - day 48

    May 5, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

    Quite a nice sunny day with a lovely blue sky but a bit windy and quite cool especially if you are out of the sun. Quite a busy day in the work areas – Phil had a couple of videocons, Claire had a job interview and Laura and Lynette both worked for most of the day. Phil & Claire managed a very nice bike ride to Ripley in the late afternoon sun – crossing the Wey navigation at the Weir. Claire had a very active day finishing off with an hour of tap dancing in the garden. Lynette did Rock Choir, virtually of course. Phil cooked the evening meal – Spaghetti Carbonara.Read more

  • Philip DaviesTravelerCovid-19 House Arrest

    House arrest - day 47

    May 4, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Another working day – weather not too bad so some outdoor activity – managed a 12km MTB ride in the late afternoon. Phil quite busy at work now that he has taken on a new project. New project came with its own laptop and iPhone so Phil now using 4 laptops and 2 iPhones! Evening meal was a lovely sausage in onion gravy with mash meal cooked by Laura. Ended the day watching latest episode of “Killing Eve” with a very surprising final scene.Read more

  • Philip DaviesTravelerCovid-19 House Arrest

    House arrest - day 46

    May 3, 2020 in England ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C

    Did a few jobs this Sunday – vacuumed the interior of Lynette’s SLK and cleaned the flat roof over Lynette’s office and the utility room – the battery powered leaf blower is proving a real godsend for this sort of job. Did a reasonably long bike ride – out via Rowtown, Foxhills to Chobham returning via Woking -26 km in total in just over an hour. Claire’s new bike lights arrived so we tried them after dark. Sunday roast was an absolutely delicious roast chicken with some great veg including cauliflower cheese, which is my favourite veg.Read more

  • Philip DaviesTravelerCovid-19 House Arrest

    House arrest - day 45

    May 2, 2020 in England ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C

    What a nice Saturday – the sun came out and Saturday morning was spent by Phil doing outside jobs – mowing rear lawn and washing two cars. Lynette did inside cleaning and the girls did garden exercise etc.. After a lunch outside we went for a bike ride – now possible, since Claire has her bike running, for all 4 of us to go together. We cycled don past the Anchor pub at Pyrford Lock and continued to the RHS gardens at Wisley. From there we did a loop on Wisley/Ockham common which was “just about” do-able on Claire’s “Urban Cruiser” (the rest of us had mountain bikes so no problem). On the return home we did a detour to Byfleet Manor. After the return home we sat in the garden and had ice creams. Evening meal was a BBQ after which we watched a film, “Control”, about the (short) life of Ian Curtis the lead singer in the band Joy Division.Read more

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    House arrest - day 44

    May 1, 2020 in England ⋅ 🌧 13 °C

    Another month - we started this lockdown in March and now it’s May. Getting into the routine of daily bread now – usually make rolls. Worked for a little over half the day and then did a nice road bike ride down to Send Marsh as far as Potters lane / Vicarage Lane – just over 20km. Evening meal was a lovely curry from New Haweli and then relaxed with the excellent Friday evening TV.Read more

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