Day 92...

These little cuties are getting increasingly bold and happy to use the feeders while we are in full view now. We think there were 5 in the first brood, and we hope that Mum & Dad have now gone off for brood number 2. The juniors are outside from morning until evening hopping around in the bush, to and from the tree, and loudly demanding further supplies of fastballs when those in the feeders run out!

Many changes announced on the lockdown easing front today, although not kicking in until July 4th. The biggie is that although “ideal” social distancing will remain at 2m where possible, in certain circumstances it will be reduced to what is being known as “1m+”. This will enable the reopening of pubs and restaurants, although with certain conditions attached, including taking contact details for those attending so they can be traced if an infection is confirmed. Hairdressers and barbers will also be allowed to open, much to the relief of many who are sporting a fine “lockdown mop” by now! Other announcements include that two households will be able to meet indoors, with social distancing in place, and outdoor gyms are going to be allowed to reopen also, although still no news on indoor ones, or swimming pools.

The pub reopening news is a fairly big one for us - for a start we hope it may mean the bar at the rugby club may be able to reopen - even if possibly just serving outside for the moment. We will probably be in no rush to head for a pub straight away though - not least as that first weekend is, let’s face it, going to be silly season! I for one will be keen to see how things pan out and what reports emerge from those that do reopen on the 4th in terms of customers respecting personal space etc.

The other change announced in today’s lunchtime briefing was that the Government briefings will no longer be daily, presumably because the feeling is that there is less to say now to justify it. The general feeling seems to be that it’s about the right time to cut down the regularity on that, we stopped watching them live just a short time into lockdown, but still tended to check online shortly after briefing time each day to see if anything significant had been announced.

Robyn