Cycle to the Memorial Park & Covid-19 Update

This Covid-19 lock down is getting really tough now on both me, Tina and the kids and I just want it all to be over. The kids are all starting to really suffer and they are all actually missing school, their friends and their daily structure. Josh, Brandon and Holly have all said that they now can't wait to go back to school. We are trying our best to home school them and to keep them entertained, but all too often we hear the dreaded words that they are bored again. After last nights speech from Boris there might be a bit of light at the end of the tunnel he announced that there might be a "conditional" plan for Primary year 1-6 to return to school in June after the bank holiday.

For me it seems like everyday has become a bit of a ground hog day with working from home, training in the garage, home schooling and not being able to go out. At the weekend we took our first drive out in probably 6 or 7 weeks as a family of 5 to head over to Nicky's and sing her happy birthday. As we were driving over I said to Tina how nice it was to just be out in the car as a family of 5. We literally haven't used a fuel pump in probably 8 weeks and still have loads of fuel in the car.

The lock down really makes you sit back and reflect on your family and just how fortunate you are in life and the realisation that it can all be taken away in the blink of an eye. I am just desperate for society to return to some sort of normal (what ever that might be), to see Josh head off cycling to the swimming pool on a weekend with his mates, or to be able to head out to Papermill Lock and do some paddle boarding, to go and visit some of the family and actually go in their house, to get up on a Saturday morning and go and coach the football team - I miss our old normal life. It scares me to think what kind of World will be left for our three kids in the future, to the point that if I was a young couple starting out now I would be thinking very wisely about whether I want to bring a child in to this World.

A cycle trip over to the Memorial Park and a quick stop in the woods for some daily exercise.

Just how unfair is this to visit a relative for their birthday and to only see them from the end of their driveway due to social distancing.

The best we can manage for a family gathering is a drive by "happy birthday" greeting, all standing outside and keeping 2m away from everyone. Crazy times.