An icy walk!

Day 3

Keith and I left to go to Tesco and Aldi at 7.15am this morning. It was freezing outside, but Keith had put some old cushion covers on the windscreen of the car which meant we didn't have to scrape that! We drove gingerly up to the A43, and both of us were amazed at how many cars were on the road! There was a constant stream going towards Northampton! Lockdown? What lockdown!

We arrived just as Aldi opened and there were only one or two other shoppers in with us, so that was a relief. We whizzed around and bought the majority of our shopping in there, before scooting off to Tesco over the road. I went in on my own and again, the supermarket was very quiet, so we'll probably come at this time every week from now on.

Before heading home we called into the new Costa on the A43, and I ordered two Flat Whites to take home as a treat for Sophie and me. The sun had come up and it was a beautiful day, but there was fog about which, for me, made it even more gorgeous, with the misty fields and the weak winter sun struggling to get through.

I gave the upstairs of the house a good clean, and at lunchtime, Sophie and I walked down to Walgrave. We took the litter picker, and a bag again, and took care with walking as the paths were covered in icy leaves.

We passed several other people, and they commented on our litter picker, saying we were doing a good job. If everyone, out on a walk, picked up just one piece of litter, it would make such a difference!

On the way back we switched to the other side of the road and collected loads of drinks cans, cigarette packets, and coffee cups. Who just drives along and throws things out of their car windows?

As we walked back, the fog was rolling in again, and the previously blue sky was turning an ominous grey. We have snow forecast for tomorrow, but again I'm not getting my hopes up, as almost always it amounts to nothing.

The afternoon was spent pottering about, having a bath, and preparing dinner of liver and bacon. We watched the news at 6pm, and couldn't believe our eyes when we saw what had happened in Washington. The world surely is going mad!