Markets here have been closed down because of the non respecting of social distancing. heaven knows how the traders will survive except that Super U, which seems to be a cooperative supermarket chain is advertising heavily on social media to invite local producers to contact them and sell their goodies thru the SM. Win-win?
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
So pleased Senior Fairylet is recovered, @Fairygirl. I'm with you on the social distancing problem - I often have to back away from friendly neighbours. I suspect it's particularly hard for the rural Irish, who seem under normal circumstances to wander into each other's houses without knocking first.
I can just imagine the relief, @chicky , at having Chicklet back home - even if she's currently in isolation.
We're now starting a fortnight's total lockdown in Ireland. Varadkar has been very statesmanlike (unlike certain British politicians one might mention... Americans even more so...). I liked his speech last night: "I am asking us for a time to forgo our personal liberties and freedoms for a greater cause and I am appealing to every man, woman and child in our country to make these sacrifices, not out of self-interest, but out of the love of each other, to begin each day knowing that every single imposition, every single inconvenience, every irritation, every lost opportunity will save lives and help our health service to cope."
Talk is of "cocooning" the over-70s and the vulnerable. I'm very relieved to be on the home delivery list of our local small supermarket now - as in Britain, you can't get a slot for a Tesco delivery unless you're a "regular". There are also 30 volunteers in this little town who will collect prescriptions and run errands, so we're feeling loved and cared for. Stay safe, friends!
Since 2019 I've lived in east Clare, in the west of Ireland.
It's the social distancing which is the problem at these markets @Obelixx. It's very simple - if they don't respect the rules, like everyone else is being told to do, they need to accept the consequences. If they did what they were meant to do, it wouldn't be a problem. I'd like to be out walking each day, but I'm not doing it because there are more people out than normal, and I can't guarantee the distance between me and them. I don't want to be responsible for passing anything on to someone else.
Mind you - that walloper across the back....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
We've got food! I'm so relieved, I hadn't quite realized just how stressed I was getting. Decided we'd have to brave Sainsbury's so I offered to go as they are only letting one person in at a time. Empty roads, no people, quite creepy really and even the carpark had plenty of spaces. The queue however stretched as far as I could see, so as I'm not good at standing for long, decided to go back home and try the small Tesco in the village. We were out of bread and short on milk, so getting quite anxious. The queue was much shorter, spacing marked out on the pavement and on shop floor, and one out, one in. Got a week's shopping, including vital supplies like wine and chocolate! Celebrated with a very small bottle of bubbly tonight.
Like your style @Lizzie27, although personally I would have gone for a bigger bottle. I am keeping Moira well topped up, to try and stop her worrying too much.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Must be lucky no real problems with shopping 🛍 , Village has a Spar shop which seems well stocked and have been to Morrisons on Friday , had to queue , one in one out , no real problem , done shopping for 2 elderly neighbours as well We should have been in Tenby with relatives in there Holiday home so we had already bought some drink 🍷 for the stay , so will have to use it up , don’t want it to go off Stay safe everyone
Just had a family games night via something called Zoom. Me and Chicklet here, littlest chicklet from next door, one sister and her tribe near Brighton, other sister and her tribe on other side of Brighton. We played Pictionary, Charades, Quizzes and laughed lots .....all via a laptop screen. We could all see each other with a quarter of the screen each. Mr C is wondering gleefully whether this could replace all our (quite numerous ☺️) family gatherings in the future 🤣. Not a hope, but it’ll certainly do for now.
Won’t be long out of bed now, but thinking positive thoughts for Moira’s Mum. So, so difficult.
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Thinking of you, @punkdoc and Moira. x
So pleased Senior Fairylet is recovered, @Fairygirl. I'm with you on the social distancing problem - I often have to back away from friendly neighbours. I suspect it's particularly hard for the rural Irish, who seem under normal circumstances to wander into each other's houses without knocking first.
I can just imagine the relief, @chicky , at having Chicklet back home - even if she's currently in isolation.
Gorgeous baby, @Hostafan1 !
We're now starting a fortnight's total lockdown in Ireland. Varadkar has been very statesmanlike (unlike certain British politicians one might mention... Americans even more so...). I liked his speech last night:
"I am asking us for a time to forgo our personal liberties and freedoms for a greater cause and I am appealing to every man, woman and child in our country to make these sacrifices, not out of self-interest, but out of the love of each other, to begin each day knowing that every single imposition, every single inconvenience, every irritation, every lost opportunity will save lives and help our health service to cope."
Talk is of "cocooning" the over-70s and the vulnerable. I'm very relieved to be on the home delivery list of our local small supermarket now - as in Britain, you can't get a slot for a Tesco delivery unless you're a "regular". There are also 30 volunteers in this little town who will collect prescriptions and run errands, so we're feeling loved and cared for.
I'd like to be out walking each day, but I'm not doing it because there are more people out than normal, and I can't guarantee the distance between me and them. I don't want to be responsible for passing anything on to someone else.
Mind you - that walloper across the back....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Decided we'd have to brave Sainsbury's so I offered to go as they are only letting one person in at a time. Empty roads, no people, quite creepy really and even the carpark had plenty of spaces. The queue however stretched as far as I could see, so as I'm not good at standing for long, decided to go back home and try the small Tesco in the village. We were out of bread and short on milk, so getting quite anxious. The queue was much shorter, spacing marked out on the pavement and on shop floor, and one out, one in. Got a week's shopping, including vital supplies like wine and chocolate!
Celebrated with a very small bottle of bubbly tonight.
I am keeping Moira well topped up, to try and stop her worrying too much.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
We should have been in Tenby with relatives in there Holiday home so we had already
bought some drink 🍷 for the stay , so will have to use it up , don’t want it to go off
Stay safe everyone
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Won’t be long out of bed now, but thinking positive thoughts for Moira’s Mum. So, so difficult.