The neighbours had a barbecue in the garden.
We just had our daughter and her two smallest children do a socially distanced visit in the garden. We are still very careful about relaxing our lockdown too much but it’s nice to see the little ones play.
Today we had another socially distanced visit, this time from my brother-in-law. We had been planning this for weeks but every time we came up with a tentative date the weather changed and it really wasn’t fit to sit in the garden and talk. For years we have gone for longish walks together when he comes to visit: up the hill to Dobcross, down the hill to Diggle, fish and chips from Diggle chippy, to be eaten by the duckpond, and then a return via the canal towpaths and the Donkey Line bridle path. So we checked that the chippy was open - Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 11.30 to 1.30 and 4.00 to 7.30 - a one in, one out customer policy and as we discovered a system of p,acing your order and paying at the front door and collecting your order at the back door.
So off we went on a nostalgia trip on one of the hottest days we have had for a while.
Knowing that my coeliac brother-in-law was visiting, yesterday I tried to buy gluten free biscuits from the cheese and biscuit stall at the Uppermill market. No joy but she did have gluten free and wheat free flour. And so I found myself making my own gluten free cakes, which worked quite well.
Out in the wider world, I see Rebecca Long Bailey has been sacked from the shadow cabinet, ostensibly for something anti-semitic but possibly because she has argued that schools should not yet be opened up until we know it’s safe!
And workers in meat packing factories are having coronavirus spikes. Germany and Anglesey.
Israel has seen a surge of cases since relaxing the lockdown.
And journalist Giles Tremlett worries about British tourists taking more coronavirus back to Spain.
Life goes on. Stay safe and well, everyone!
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