Only Kidding

Not sure if this is Spring, Summer, Autumn or Winter but it's one of the kids at the farm where we went this afternoon. This is our first visit since early March because, of course, it has been shut for months. It was a different experience with pre-booking essential and lots of cleaning, sanitising and physical distancing in place. Some of the activities weren't happening - no indoor play, no cafe, no sandpits and no animal handling or tractor rides. But other things were as usual and lots more picnic tables had been installed.

This was our little grandson's first visit. The bit he liked the best was the straw box where under 7s can play in a big straw pit. That and his lunch of course. He was really good last night and settled down pretty quickly. And he slept till nearly 7 am which is good going for him. His parents had a couple of hours off for the first time since January.

Now we are home and it's nice enough to sit in the garden. I think we will be, not exactly quarantining ourselves this week, but definitely having a lot less social contact. The number of confirmed Covid cases is slowly creeping up and, although local rates are still very low, you have to wonder how long this will be the case.