Saturday 4 April:

I think it might be 50 years ago today that I passed my driving test (I know it was 4 April… but was it 1969 or 1970?). Still adjusting to not really having weekends any more… Finished my Jan Morris book in bed first thing and then followed up yesterday’s virtual sketch meet-up – with a view to trying to set up another one quite soon.

The government is asking us all to stay at home this weekend (the weather forecast is good and they fear everyone will be attracted to various leisure hotspots!)… we decided on an evening walk for our daily exercise – which we duly did (around the harbourside via Vauxhall Bridge and Gaol Ferry Walk).

Very aware of how dependent we are on the internet at present (our home connection has become somewhat inconsistent on occasions over recent days)… the thought of us losing the internet altogether would have massive implications – no family zoom times; no church streaming; no Bloke’s Prayer; no bookgroup zoom; no facebook; no access to blogs; no emails etc etc. So we just keep our fingers crossed!

Keir Starmer became the Labour leader today… in very strange and trying times (no parliament and a pandemic to deal with).

Juggled with my blog during the course of the afternoon and decided to separate the ‘diary’ from ‘reflections’… so now have two blogs (essentially just for me): this one for diary and ‘don’t stand so close to me’ – working title! – for reflections.

Watched another ‘Portrait Artist of the Year’ programme (they’re very good).

Image: tonight’s moon (it’s in its ‘waxing gibbous’ phase apparently).