Actually it was OK. It was less busy than last week (we were there at about 8.30. There was a general air of calmness about the place. Sure, there wasn't any loo roll (or just a couple of packs, but we didn't need any anyway). everything else looked reasonably stocked apart from dried pasta and rice - still non existent, and the other thing now looking remarkably scarce is pet food (cat, please take note). However, again we are pretty well stocked for that anyway and usually have a couple of weeks worth in. Anyway, she can always go and hunt for fresh meat 😺. Also, the wine shelves whilst far fro empty, certainly had quite a lot of spaces. Talking of which...
The other obvious thing was that restrictions on (some) items were being reinforced. The bloke in front of us at the checkout had several bottles of wine (in fact that's pretty much all he had), and was told in no uncertain terms that he could only have three. There were trolleys at the end of checkouts where staff had obviously removed items from customers who had 'overlooked' the limits, and these were to be truthful mostly full of alcohol. I suppose the thinking is, with pubs and restaurants shut, if you have to stay in isolation you might as well make it as enjoyable as possible!
Our daughter has been given a laptop and headset to set up in advance of the decision to work from home, although she's not yet sure when that will be.
Sone has been over to see his best mate and lend him a guitar. He reckons if he has to self-isolate he may as well learn a new skill.
Was a day off from visiting mum-in-law today as my wife's brother was on the rota for that, but we will be going over tomorrow, which also happens to be Mother's Day.
It was a nice day today so I spent some of it doing some early gardening - it's the first decent dry day we've had for a while, and then we went for a walk in the local woods. Quite a few people about making the most of the day and the chance to get out and about.
I've also updated a camping website I do for a friend with their latest update on CV19.
In the last 24 hours Ive also been in touch with my elder brother and sister, neither of whom I see very often. They and their families are all ok.
With one eye on the news, what we're hearing from Italy is horrific. Why Italy seems to be hit so bad, or whether we're just not hearing reports from elsewhere I don't know. One thing seems certain. We haven't seen the half of it here yet. But, if we follow the guidance/advice, ignore the crap on social media and scare stories, we'll all be a lot better off.
The cat's spent most of the day asleep in the conservatory.
Laters....
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