Escape!

The days are starting to all morph into one, and it feels very strange that we aren't allowed to go anywhere or see anyone. I want to give some gifts to Michelle and Richard, who looked after Monty for us, but I daren't go near, just in case. 

I spent the morning writing my blog and doing various jobs, including the last of the laundry. All three of us are now finding it tedious being cooped up in the house! We did have a socially distanced chat with Vince and Sue next door so at least we had some human contact!

In the afternoon Sophie and I ventured out to Milton Keynes to take the last of the Tassimo pods for recycling. George, who runs the scheme, was closing it today, and I had a large bag in the garage that I wanted to recycle. Obviously, we didn't go anywhere else or speak to anyone, but it was lovely to get out for a drive and see that there was a world outside our front door! We didn't go until 3pm and the sun was beginning to get low in the sky, giving the clouds a range of beautiful colours of blue and grey.

We returned to Northampton via Newport Pagnell to look at the Christmas lights, and then took the long lonely road out to Wootton. The amount of new development there was astonishing!

Dinner tonight was cottage pie - beggars can't be choosers - and we had to do a thorough inventory of the fridge to decide what we're going to eat for the next few days!