Annoyingly, I was awake at about 6.30am this morning and couldn't get back to sleep! I went downstairs to make myself a coffee and watched the news - things were looking worse.
We are now a little worried about our trip to France in April and it's a time of uncertainty with everything. Today, we heard that all of the English football games have been suspended until April 3rd, the Marathon has been postponed until October, the Australian Grand Prix has been cancelled, rugby fixtures are off and upcoming sporting events might be in doubt.
In the news they said that our Government may well ban all mass gatherings until this crisis is over. It's mind boggling what's happening - I have never experienced anything like it.
Sophie was reluctant to spend the day cooped up in the house so I suggested we take all of the recycling to Milton Keynes (I had bags and bags of pet food pouches in the garage) and then have a walk around Willen Lake. Neither of us fancied mixing with lots of people in the shopping centre!
I let my fellow members of ROAR! know that we were going and Lynn popped around with some more recycling. We had a chat and as she used to be a nurse, she said that it was good people were starting to think about hygiene more!
Sophie and I left at about 1pm and drove to the house in Milton Keynes where we drop off the recycling. There was now a separate crate just for Tassimo pods - there were thousands of them! We left our contribution and drove the short distance to nearby Willen Lake. Opposite was Gulliver's Land, where we had spent many happy days years ago, when the children were small.
Our first thoughts were about lunch as we were hungry by now, but both of us were a bit disappointed with the small and dingy cafe. It probably looks better on a warm and sunny day, so we decided to come back another time and drive to Olney to have a bite to eat there.
We took the route through Newport Pagnell and Tyringham, and I managed to find the slowest driver for miles around who rigidly stuck to 25mph all the way through the village and out onto the main road!
Olney was packed with people, with no car park spaces anywhere. So much for people staying at home! We abandoned that idea and went instead to Castle Ashby where we managed to bag one of the last tables in The Buttery. By now it was past 3pm and we were very hungry indeed!
We did have a lovely late lunch, though. Cheesy toasties served with salad and coleslaw and a bowl of chips that we shared. Afterwards we had a quick look around the food shop and bought some treats for dinner later.
Back home we relaxed and didn't have dinner until 8pm. Now all flights to mainland Spain, the Balearic Islands and the Canaries have been cancelled and the country looks to be going the same way as Italy. We have now also heard that the US is not letting flights in from the UK and Ireland so we are mightily glad we are not off to San Francisco this year. Imagine!
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