Well we knew that the virus was coming to the Uk but the speed with which it overtook us was surprising to say the least.
First of all we had to stay six feet away from each other, we were allowed to visit family and walk outside.
Then after months of rain and flooding we had the first day of spring and lovely sunshine. We went to Hestercombe Gardens.
there were about a dozen people and we had no trouble keeping a large distance from each other. Hestercombe was doing takaway sandwiches and I had a lovely prawn sandwich sitting overlooking the fields toward Taunton and the Blackdown hills.
But other people headed for the beach and local beauty spots and gathered in crowds. this forced the government to bring in more regulations. suddenly we had lock down all food cafes were asked to close. My family found their jobs furloughed and no money coming in until they had claimed the 80 per cent. First son and second son were working from home via the computer.
Things got worse we went from hundreds of deaths to thousands of deaths and London and Midlands most effected. Italy and Spain very bad indeed.
Next cam total lock down all shops closed. It happened so quickly.
We adjusted to using the internet to keep in touch. My contemporaries who had been so proud that they didn't believe in social media and used old computer technology were left isolated. We had to learn Zoom, Messanger Whats App Google Geo for different friends.
We set up weekly get togethers and sorted out all the jobs we were meaning to do and hadn't got around to. So we were busy. John gardened and the garden looked lovely. I didn't have a cleaner anymore so arranged a cleaning routine with JOhn he vacuumed and I did the rest.
Slots for home deliveries were like gold, w shopped at the smaller venues and were OK. I got a 24 pack of toilet rolls and felt like I had won the lottery.
It was daunting to think of twelve weeks. I enjoyed having my husband at home. Applied to do an MA in illustration at Falmouth and was accepted starting in May 24th.
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