Dinner

What a change in the weather? Hard to believe the difference between today and yesterday. As a result, a day spent largely indoors getting jobs done. 

The starlings looked hungry so got double helpings of mealworms today. The second course lasted no longer than the first. By what we can hear, there are plenty of young ones to be fed.

A lovely veggie green Thai curry for our dinner.  

Edit (July 2020); The end of full lockdown is announced for Wednesday. Life is still not fully restarted as of July 2020 and looks to stay being largely home-based for the rest of the year. But this was a big announcement in the meantime.

Boris Johnson sets out a three-step “conditional” plan:

- In step one, Johnson said that those who cannot work from home, such as construction workers, “should be actively encouraged to go to work” from Monday. He recommended that workers commute by car, foot or bike but added that public transport operators will be following “Covid-secure” standards and that guidance is being drafted for employers to make workplaces Covid-secure. He also encouraged the public to take “more and even unlimited amounts of outdoor exercise” from Wednesday, while continuing to maintain physical distancing. Fines will be increased for those who flout physical distancing rules, he added.

- In step two, the government hopes that by 1 June it may be able to begin the phased reopening of shops as well as partially reopening primary schools – starting with reception, Year 1 and Year 6.

- In step three, Johnson hopes that “at least some of the hospitality industry and other public places,” will be able to reopen by July at the earliest.

He stressed that these steps would be conditional on the public’s continued adherence to social distancing guidance and the prevention of any future resurgence of the outbreak.

Johnson also confirmed that quarantine measures will be imposed anyone coming into the country by air.

We now have the mantra “stay alert” , rather than "stay home".