- Stay at home - no unnecessary journeys or social contact
- Only leave home for essential shopping, medical needs and one form of exercise per day
- Travel to and from work only if absolutely necessary
- Public gatherings of more than two people are banned - excluding people you live with
- Don't visit other peoples homes or socialise outside your home
- Police have the power to fine/enforce these rules
- If any of you, or your family are unwell, isolate yourselves
Watching social media in particularly there still seems to be some confusion and uncertainty over what constitutes an "essential" worker - builders for example seem to be one group where there's a significant divide of opinion. We're waiting for a bathroom to be ripped out and a new bathroom to be fitted - was due to happen in early April. I can't see that happening (reasonable). It'll wait. It's not going anywhere. And pictures of the Tube in London suggest no-one's heard of the lockdown or social distancing!
Here's my dilemma. I consider myself to be a reasonably well adjusted, sensible, educated sort of bloke who absolutely understands the implications of everything that's happening (I was once a nurse in the dim and distant past, but far too long ago to be of any use now). But....
My arthritis and a couple of other minor and managed health conditions apart, I'm fit and well. My wife who as you now know is a practising NHS nurse (part-time) and is also a carer for her elderly housebound mother who lives a few miles away (who also has carers coming in morning and night to make sure she's up/ready for bed). I'd like to do more. I want to do more, but it's not the "right" thing to do, especially now the lockdown rules above have been implemented. And that places a greater burden (and potentially risk) on my wife which makes me uncomfortable.
Personally, one effect on lockdown has for me is be the inability to go out wander round and take photos of the local area. It's been a glorious day here in South Wales, (I've even got shorts on), and there's nothing better I'd love to have done than to wander down to Barry Island or Penarth and have a walk and take some photos. I'm an enthusiastic photographer rather than a good one. You can find some of my photo albums on Flickr here. But whilst Boris has said you can go out for one walk a day, I still think it's not the right thing to do. According to my iPhone I've "walked" almost 2 miles today staying within the confines of my house and garden whilst gardening, so I can hardly claim inactivity. Whilst this is going on I'll have to find some other stuff to take photos of like my garden. So here's some nice tulips to brighten up your day.
And as for the cat. well my daughter was teaching her how to do jigsaws, and stand up for treats.
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| The cat learning how to do jigsaws |
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| She'll do anything for a treat |
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