Maundy Thursday April 1st 2020, 12.45hrs
The week leading up to Good Friday and the Easter Weekend is always one of serious contemplation, particularly so in these days of retirement or when not on holiday, and distractions are not so numerous. Monday was cold and bright with the hint of warm weather to come, which it did on Tuesday. Late in the afternoon, I revisited my “favourite walk” which is around three and a half miles long and takes in now familiar sections of the old Cromford and High Peak track-bed.
Lockdown restrictions were eased slightly on Monday. If I wish, I can now visit anywhere “within reason” and be one of a socially distanced group, outside, of no more than six people. Tuesday was like a summer’s day and during my walk, I saw legal gatherings of neighbours enjoying tea and “other” drinks at impromptu get-togethers. All very joyous! Later in the walk, I was “surveying” the impact of new housing, some already occupied, much still under construction, both at street level and from the elevated position of the former railway.
Yesterday was the second of two summer-like days when the temperatures had been the hottest in March since the same month in 1968, an unbelievable fifty-three years ago, when, at 19, I was lamenting the the last months of steam traction on British Rail. None of this feels like over half a century ago…but it is!
Also yesterday, I received a text inviting me to apply for me second covid-19 inoculation. April 14th is the date chosen, the same day as my first haircut since early December.
Today, little remains of the brief gift of summer, and the country will be reminded of winter as the weekend progresses with snow on the cards for Easter Monday. These days, I don’t bother swapping the snow tyres!
Now to prepare lunch! Many thanks for reading, David 13.40hrs 1/4/21.
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