Day 15...

The Prime Minister remains in intensive care but not on a ventilator, we are told. It's been nice to see the good wishes flowing his way - not only from members of his own political party but also from those in opposition, other leaders, and indeed many inside the NHS as well. Those who choose instead to ill-wish him are being rightly shouted down at almost every turn now - which feels rather more reassuring for humanity!

Here, it's starting to feel as though a pattern is forming. Awake slightly later than in "real life" - the lack of a commute gives us a little time to read with a cup of tea (me) or coffee (MrEH) before often heading out for some exercise - a walk or run most often. Then home, a shower and cracking on with work. Having our lunchbreak together is really nice - we often speak on the phone at lunch anyway. Then more work through the afternoon, followed then if needed by popping out for any shopping if we need it - either a walk down our quiet, leafy back lane to Aldi, or a wander through the woods to Tesco - either way we rarely see anyone else en route. Home, dinner and either something non-challenging on TV or settling down with a bool, or for me, time to write this blog. As so often happens with the routine comes a degree of calmness - everything feels at least a little more settled.

We have the Easter weekend coming up of course - usually a time when we would be heading away somewhere, indeed we were meant to be! This Easter is going to be rather different - in fact it was only yesterday that it occurred to me that it WAS the long weekend coming up! We're planning some outside jobs, working out whether we have enough of our decking tiles still surviving to go back down, maybe sewing some more seeds, and a repair to the little fence at one end of the balcony. Probably some more baking - maybe cakes and biscuits this weekend, although I was also reminded earlier that I want to have another go at making oatcakes. Either a walk or a run every day. We also have games, jigsaws and films to watch, and plentiful books to read - none of which is a perfect substitute for the drive down to Devon followed by week on Lundy that we had planned, but it can't be helped, so we will make the best of it.

Robyn