Usual harbourside walk (set out a little later – so generally a little brighter/lighter, but also lots more people about)…
Ruth was already in her studio when I got home… so we all had coffee together (which very nice). I seemed to waste most of the morning do a variety of silly things (eg. trying to find sketching locations in Columbia – this weekend’s ‘virtual’ USk trip - and making lists).
Lunch for the three of us around the table – which was very enjoyable.
Sketched at the kitchen table in the afternoon, looking out of the window.
So, after the government’s ‘three tier’ Covid announcement of yesterday, we now learn that the government’s had ignored advice from ‘Sage’, three weeks ago, urging the government to act (and implement a second national ‘lockdown’)… and they didn’t. This from today’s Guardian: “On 21 September the scientific advisory body Sage produced a paper with a simple message: do something now or else lose control over the virus. That ‘something’ would have to be sufficient to reduce infections to a level where the virus could be controlled without shutting businesses and curtailing livelihoods. At a minimum, that would mean restricting social mixing, closing pubs, offering university classes online and working from home”.
Today’s deaths: 143 (highest daily deaths since June)… bringing total deaths to 43,018 (and daily cases over the past week or so have been 15,000-23,000).
Caught up with ‘Only Connect’ from last night’s telly… and then later watched ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ and ‘Bake Off’.
Image: sketch through the kitchen window (Tier 1!).
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