How are you coping?

chaser said:
Love it :Smile: although kids and grandkids all live next door one way or another, pubs, no interest, plenty stuff in the freezer and now garden coming on, just had the first early taters and salad out of the garden, pension coming through the post, everywhere green and birds singing, yeah lockdown suits me if it never gets lifted(y):giggle:
Mind you I would like being in the pmu in gravelines, but small things.
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Sounds like the darling buds of may round your way chaser ....?
 
There are 8 houses in my close neighbours, my partner has known them all for over 20 years so we all speak
The Thursday nhs street night out is just a friends get together
The ve day tea party was great until our next door neighbours came out, they are self isolating for various reasons, and we almost treated them like lepers.....it was an odd feeling as you just wanted to keep away from them for their own safety which is a very odd situation, they were happy with it...bringing own food and drink but it still felt wrong backing away from them like they were radioactive
We are lucky because all the houses are working, there are some skiving school kids but all but next door are living 'normal' lives
Cant wait until it's all over
 
I've discovered music again after delving into the music thread and after we've given all our CD to sis to keep or give to charity. I've also finished a book of 120 crosswords. Missing my grandkids, Joe who we used to look after once a week and Teddy who we only got to know for a couple of weeks before lockdown.
Our house was sold just before lockdown but not completed and our new build by Barratt been on hold in Scotland for weeks. We still don't know where we are but beginning to enjoy our village in lockdown. Our caravan park where we were moving to is still supposedly shut.

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We’re coping very well with lockdown to the point of enjoying it! I am almost reluctant to go back to “normal”. New Zealand may be lifting restrictions to Level 2 next week and this will allow cafes, restaurants, shopping malls etc. to re-open with some restrictions, including maintaining social distancing, etc. My walking group is considering re-starting but I will not be joining them. Personally, I think it is too soon to be lifting the restrictions so hubby and I will continue at Level 3 until we’re confident the virus is no threat to us.

Normally, at this time of year, we would be holidaying or doing house exchanges in warmer climes. Last year we were in the UK for six months, this year we were supposed to be in India and Australia.

Instead, I am enjoying the delights of a gorgeous autumn at home. This lockdown has given me time to start new hobbies and rekindle old ones. For example, I have become a ship-spotter. I have downloaded an app that gives me details of the ships and boats coming in to Port Nelson.

My garden has never looked so good. I am baking cakes and making pies, chutneys and jams with all the fruit from the orchard. My freezer is groaning under the weight. I deliver excess fruit, veggies and homemade muffins to the Food Bank every week.

Hubby is Zoom-ing excessively! He is a volunteer with a local charity, plus he leads several U3A (University of the Third Age) music groups. Zoom seems to be his new hobby, but not mine. This lockdown has made me quite anti-social. I am enjoying the isolation so much that I resent it when the phone rings and interrupts my solitude.

I thought I would read some of the books that have been sitting on the shelves for years, including all 760+ pages of JC Beaglehole’s 'Life of Captain James Cook'. I tried but failed. There are just too many demands for my time.

I know that I am in a privileged position, compared to many others. This current situation has made me appreciate how lucky I am in so many respects.
 
Nice thread.
We're doing ok. We live in a friendly rural village on the main road. So people stop and chat as they drive by or go for their exercise.
We've been gardening. At the end of last year we made our garden easier to manage by getting rid of the fruit bushes raised beds and borders and grassing it all, because we didn't have much time for the garden and were always away when everything flowered or fruited. Typical. Now we have a greenhouse full of stuff and nowhere to plant it out. :LOL: But I'm really enjoying it especially as the weather has been so good..
I'm finding we're spending much more on food and drink. Or maybe it seems that way because we just do one big shop.
We have nice views from our back garden and lots of nice walks, with no one else around. So that's good.
The main problem for me has been toothache. I've had it since the end of March and there are no dentists working. :Eeek: So I've had to take antibiotics for the infection. Its fairly comfortable at the moment though. The dentist has told me they're probably going to be out of action for 6 months.:Eeek:
Glenn is getting very restless now though and wants to go fishing or better still get away in the van. Keep having to reign him in.
 
We purchased our new van 2 years ago after one trip both my wife and I were faced with serious health problems so we lost a year of using Our new pride and joy. On getting the all clear we set off on a new adventure, on our return (early March) we were faced with the lockdown we have been categorised as at risk which is even more restrictive as we can not leave the house for exercise. We are holding up quite well as we have a small roof garden and the weather has been very good but we are missing not living our retirement dream. As they say you are only young once but you are only old once also
 
Just Paul said:
Joy
We are all here for you if you need a chat or someone to groan at.
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I do love you two... Young people get so much flak. You are amazing. Xx

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Similar to Maison. We are usually in France at this time of year. We have seen Rhododendrons and trees full of May blossom in the garden for the first time in years. Mind you I am missing seeing my beautiful tree Peony in France. The neighbour is going to photo it for me.
 
Our garden has never been so tidy and we're also seeing things that we havn't seen for years having usually been away. I think I have almost run out of things to do :( but the dog always needs walking and holiday photos to look at ? all ours are in A4 files so you can just pick them up and look through them.Here's one I came across the other day Kiwi Brit ,one of our stops on South Island,not a million miles from you ;)

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I can ony agree with someone who said on the TV the other day that people who live/work or have lived /worked on farms can cop with the isolation better, some days I could go to work and come home without seeing anybody ?
 
rb62 - thank you for explaining why I, having grown up on an arable farm, can cope. Possibly helped by being shipped off to boarding school at 11?

Though neither of the above applies to my wife who is equally capable of accepting reality.

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glenn2926 said:
So far so good. Can’t bring myself to clean the motorhome until we can use it. Same with the motorbike. Would like to be able to visit family but we’ll have to wait for that.
Trying to come out of lockdown fitter than went in. Probably got the best suntan I’ve had for years. Just having to be careful not to burn my head as I bought some hair clippers but can only use them on the shortest setting. As for drinking, we’re not drinking Monday Tuesday or Wednesday. Going to the super market once a week. Most days other than my wife I will see no more than three other people and they are at a distance. It just feels like this great weather is being wasted. However can you imagine how bad lockdown would have been if the weather had been bad?
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You should try to drink every day or you will get dehydrated...
 
I am very lucky as I am home safe with Nick and our youngest Mikey who came home from Uni. We have a big house and a big garden in the safest part of the UK. However lots of my friends and family aren’t safe and an ex colleague has died of this virus. I long to hug Matthew who is caring for the homeless in London and Claire who is under military lockdown in Bangladesh, I’m not moaning, it’s just a fact and occasionally I shed a tear but then I reinsert my stiff upper lip and crack on because I am very fortunate as so far we are OK.
 
Lot lover said:
rb62 - thank you for explaining why I, having grown up on an arable farm, can cope. Possibly helped by being shipped off to boarding school at 11?

Though neither of the above applies to my wife who is equally capable of accepting reality.
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11! you we're lucky, 2 weeks before my 9th birthday for me :( strange decision having been adopted,but I didn't find the out until later:unsure:
 
We are coping fairly well, I don't get out much, Kathy is still looking after her dad, apart when she was quarantined, so is out every day, I have had a few trips to to the chemist and a walk when I have been up to it, but I'm mainly at home. I have done most of the jobs, that needed doing and I'm looking for more I still have to put in the power point for the EHU and if I can get some paint I will paint the trailer
We don't drink in the week, only at the weekend although we do cheat and start the weekend on Friday evening.
Luckily as I'm retired we don't have a cash flow problem, Kathy will get the self employed 80% but not for another week or two and for some people this could be a problem. We miss seeing our daughter, our niece and great nephews
But we know they are all well, and so looking forward to the sites opening and getting away, even if just for a few days.

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rb62 said:
Our garden has never been so tidy and we're also seeing things that we havn't seen for years having usually been away. I think I have almost run out of things to do :( but the dog always needs walking and holiday photos to look at ? all ours are in A4 files so you can just pick them up and look through them.Here's one I came across the other day Kiwi Brit ,one of our stops on South Island,not a million miles from you ;)

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I can ony agree with someone who said on the TV the other day that people who live/work or have lived /worked on farms can cop with the isolation better, some days I could go to work and come home without seeing anybody ?
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Rb62 you will be disappointed to know that the lovely reserve where you freedom camped near Wakefield has been closed to campers. In recent times it had become over-run by freedom campers flouting the self-containment rule. These are becoming a major problem in NZ. Young tourists who buy an old car or small van, chuck a mattress in the back and print a blue self-containment sticker for the back window - these are no better than than the “travellers” I read about on here.
 
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movan said:
Physically fine.
Mentally badly.

Keep waking up to sunshine in a morning and thinking I've just had a bad dream.
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Did you know my name is sunshine...?;):giggle: Glad I put a smile on your face after the night before....:LOL::LOL:
 
KiwiKampers said:
Rb62 you will be disappointed to know that the lovely reserve where you freedom camped near Wakefield has been closed to campers. In recent times it had become over-run by freedom campers flouting the self-containment rule. These are becoming a major problem in NZ. Young tourists who buy an old car or small van, chuck a mattress in the back and print a blue self-containment sticker for the back window - these are no better than than the “travellers” I read about on here.
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Always some who spoil it for everyone else :( we spent two nights there and loved the drive up the Dovedale Road,just like being in the Peak District:giggle:
 

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