The papers, football and Quality Street: a traditional Boxing Day
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December 20 2020
The new lockdown…
I expected the streets to be fairly empty when going around the corner to get my Sunday paper following Boris’ announcement yesterday evening, but that was far from the case. M&S was full with people forming long queues and the streets seemed busier than usual.
September 29 2020
2020: a year of Deliveroo and face masks
May 28 2020
This ritual ends…
May 16 2020
Fake news in Beckenham High Street?
May 11 2020
A day of mixed messages from the media. So I took some respite at Beckenham Green.
May 5 2020
Emerging lockdown routines
As the lockdown has lengthened new daily routines are emerging. One is that at about 4pm Karen and I play a single game of Scrabble. It’s 19 all at moment with one game drawn so we must have begun this at about day five of lockdown.
May 2 2020
R is the magic number nowadays …
May 1 2020
Spot odd one out
April 18 2020
No sport, no travel, no seaside, no cinema, no eating out. Just a relentless stream of conjecture and very limited – but addictive – information.
April 7 2020
A very strange day where I could not settle.
The sun came out for the afternoon and was welcome. The first hot day where I could sunbathe. But with Boris in intensive care and another 854 people lost to Covid-19 it was nigh on impossible to completely relax and enjoy. Let’s hope that tomorrow brings better news.
March 18 2020
A little distraction of current – transient – issues by things that have withstood the test of time.
July 16 2019
Kent 2nd XI vs. Sussex 2nd XI at The County Ground, Beckenham. Don’t you just love summer?
One day, one photo 