Lock Down 2020

I can’t believe the length of time since my last post, I guess normal life just gets in the way!

I am writing this post in a very different time; Post Brexit and from lockdown in the UK. Most airlines have suspended their flights until June and the future is unpredictable at this point. It doesn’t seem to matter whichever country you are based as Coronavirus has affected the whole world. I watch the news and it seems more like a Hollywood film plot than real life, yet it is very real. If Brexit seemed like such a nightmare a few months ago it now seems like a distance memory.  

We can only hope that as we come to the end of this, that perhaps at the other side positive changes will come out what we are now experiencing. I don’t really think things are can go back to the status quo as so much of what we know has changed and a total recovery will be slow. Having to stay at home, not seeing friends and family, not going to work and stopping all our usual activities (most of which we take for granted) makes you re-assess what is important in the greater scheme of things what actually matters. I know having a couple of weeks or possibly months gives us chance to catch up on things we don’t get chance to do normally; reading, craft projects that were started but never finished, decorating, gardening or even writing blog posts. Many people are having to help educate their children, improve their cooking and baking skills and adapt to working from home. It’s a time of big change but also a time to show what is it important and what actually matters: family, health and community.

Travel, hospitality and retail have been badly hit and many businesses will struggle to survive, I hope that buying local and supporting smaller businesses becomes the norm rather than favouring low-cost imports. There have been Good Guys and Bad Guys though-out this and I hope that in the end the Good Guys win out and we remember the actions of companies who put profit ahead of their customers and staff.

A special thank you to the many front-line staff in the NHS, food industries, transport and councils who are working harder than ever for the benefit of others.

Stay Safe and Stay In.