Out and About
I went for a walk to our local supermarket earlier. The round trip is about 2 miles. My route was designed to avoid people where I could, and when in the supermarket I was acutely conscious of finding a way round that minimised proximity.
You don’t realise how noisy our street is with ambient city sounds, especially distant traffic on the bypass, until it is quiet; the noise is defined by its absence. It was busier down on the main road, but the general point holds. There wasn’t a lot of noise from the airport either. If the air pressure and wind direction are just so we can often smell aviation fuel as well, even though the airport is three miles away. Not now.
Sign of the times
There was an orderly queue outside one of the local pharmacies who seemed to be letting people in one at a time. OK on a sunny day, less so if the weather closes in again.
Tesco was busier than I expected, but most people were good natured and keeping their distance. I saw one lady being told she could only buy one pack of toilet roll, not two. I was only in for a couple of things, none of them essentials, but saw that, although toilet and kitchen roll stocks were fine, there was no pasta, and the fresh produce section was depleted.
That would be the fresh produce that people handle and put back…
Ginger root was sold out too for some reason. I bought a magazine and some ground coffee and got out.
The doctor’s surgery had large signs at the door saying who was welcome and who wasn’t, that is who should not enter but use the phone instead. Once I was invited in, a line of chairs in front of the reception desk and a white line to stand behind kept a distance between me and the receptionist. I was in to ask if it was worth putting in a very early repeat prescription and she said not. They are, as she said, snowed under already with repeat prescription requests. I’m good for another 56+ days anyway
On the way home I felt warm and breathless and had a moment, then remembered I was walking uphill in the sun wearing a fleece. I did check my temperature when I got back, but the digital thermometer seems to be reading a little low. We have an old-fashioned mercury thermometer somewhere, but I don’t know where it’s got to. There are no thermometers of any kind to be found in the shops.
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