Sunday 5 April:

Palm Sunday… no donkeys spotted all day...

A number of somewhat worrying developments: first, my mouth plate has developed a hairline crack (which will clearly only get worse and eventually split) and second, I was convinced that we had TWO instances where water had started to gush from our water pipes. Fortunately, the second instance turned out to be only a ‘worrying’ dream!

I received a letter from North Bristol NHS Trust yesterday regarding coronavirus (dated 1 April, but not an April Fool’s ruse methinks): “The NHS has identified you as someone at risk of severe illness if you catch coronavirys… This is because you have an underlying disease or health condition that means if you catch the virus, you are more likely to be admitted to hospital than others. The safest course of action is for you to stay at home at all times and avoid face-to-face contact for at least 12 weeks from today…”.

I have been warned!

Tuned into the Saint Stephen’s streamed service this morning – it’s a good, if somewhat one-sided, way of keeping connected.

I rang Iris, then Rosa, then Dan for brief catch-ups… and they all seem in very good form. It was very lovely to chat to them. X

Watched “The Third Man” as part of my ‘watch-again’ DVD season!

Moira and I went for an anticlockwise(!) evening walk around the harbourside (and, from what I’d read on social media, it seems that there were LOTS of people out ‘exercising’ in the sunshine today)... in the event, we hardly saw a soul.
The Health Secretary had issued a message for those flouting the social distancing rules in the sunshine this weekend… and there was even a suggestion that exercise outside the home could be banned if people continued to ignore the rules. Would that mean we couldn’t continue our daily walks?? That would be pretty awful, so let’s hope not.

Image: back garden in sunshine.