Day 20...

Another mostly sunny and warm day - a few tiny rumbles of thunder and a bit of rain mid afternoon but not enough to prevent us from getting a whole load more painting done. The metalwork is now white again for the first time in the entire time we've lived here. The second table is painted, and the fence slats on the gate need just one more coat to leave them looking just right. These bits are silly niggly little jobs that we've been putting off for ages - but finding spare weekends that we want to commit to doing them is usually the issue - it's not that we didn't have the time, more that we usually found more interesting things to use it for!

We waited until late in the afternoon to head out for a walk - a big figure of eight loop round the Town Park. It's strange being round there with so few others at the moment - even fewer than last weekend thanks to the car parks now all being closed. In fact it seemed to be reassuringly quiet right across the town today - hopefully a sign that most people have been following the lockdown guidelines. One of the most noticeable things at the moment is how audibly quiet everything is - that is another plus point I guess. We're also seeing reports from all over the world  that levels of pollution are falling dramatically as well - unsurprising when you consider there are fewer commutes, less flights being taken, and so many huge office buildings essentially mothballed for the duration. It's quite startling how fast a notable difference has been seen, though. My car has done just 20 miles since we went into Lockdown, and MrEH's has done even fewer - not a situation we often find ourselves in for a 3 week period!

Tasks for tomorrow - some more painting, meal planning for the next few days, taking some time to think about what oddments of shopping we might need to do in the next few days, and maybe getting the broad bean seeds sewn. (We sewed some a few weeks ago but they were very old seeds and haven't germinated). We'll undoubtedly find more odds and ends to be done as we potter about through the day too - strangely enough, filling our time is really not proving difficult.

Robyn.