UK Lockdown to day 83: burial grounds, marathons and Beethoven
It’s been quite a week. From having trained alone for many weeks it’s been nice to run with a group again through to running a virtual ultramarathon on the road. Day 77 The day started…
A Day In The Life
69 Days and the UK lockdown loosens a bit more
It’s been another warm and dry week in the UK (and especially Manchester where that ball of fire in the sky isn’t seen as often as it might be). The weather has been great to…
Day 62: another week in lockdown
After the near disaster of a week that I covered in my last post, this week has been a lot more sedate. And hasn’t involved the bike at all. I’ve also decided to change things…
Day 55 in lockdown; the end of a not-so great week
It all goes wrong I guess it was bound to happen eventually and things would unravel, at least to some extent. And it was this week where that happened. The week started off on a…
48 days in – UK lockdown update
These weekly updates seem to come around more rapidly than they should. Today is the 48th day since the lockdown was imposed in the UK. Aside from the lack of work (and thus me being…
Day 34 in the UK lockdown house
I think it’s day 34 anyway. To be honest it’s all merged into one continuous stream of ‘meh’ interspersed with a daily dose of going out and doing some activity. At least to date the…
Day 20, Easter and anniversary eve
It’s almost 3 weeks since the UK went into lockdown. Whilst this has impacted the walks of life of many people, it’s affected me a lot less. Lockdown isn’t good business for pet sitters or…
Day 14 of lockdown
I’ve had a couple of attempts to write a post since day 8. But to be honest, not enough has happened to write about. It’s certainly something I’ve been thinking about. Back in April 2015…
Day 3 and the spring clean begins
There’s only so much avoidance that anyone can do. And when it comes to sorting out the office, it turns out I’m very good at avoiding it! It’s Day 3 of the lockdown in the…
Day 2: Lockdown has begun
Well, it’s been a pretty angst-ridden time lately. On Monday 23rd the UK imposed it’s first proper stab at a lockdown. Coronavirus – things are getting more serious Essentially the “rules of the game” were…