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Week 17 - Thursday in London sees Sally planning her first camping trip with the baby...wish her luck

Edited BY


G P Kennedy

Sally - London, UK

 Hi its me again, still in lockdown, still not working, still going slightly crazy and still wondering when all this will end?

 

 More than 45,000 people in the UK have died after testing positive for coronavirus, with almost 300,000 cases confirmed, which seems crazy when this week our Prime Minister finally admitted to BBC News that “lessons to be learned” from his handling of COVID-19 and that he would have done thing “differently”. 

 

 He said “we didn’t understand the virus in the way that we would have liked in the first few weeks and months.  And I think, probably, the single thing that we didn’t see at the beginning was the extent to which it was being transmitted asymptomatically from person to person” Which maybe will explain why the wearing of face masks have only been made mandatory 5 months after this pandemic fully hit the UK.

 

A typical English heading out on vacation


 So the new rules in the England are that face masks must be worn in shops, take away food shops, post offices etc. or there is a threat of a £100 fine!!!!

 

 Talking about face masks, there seems to be a small number of people in the UK and around the world, that are very anti face masks , some even saying that their human rights have been taken away from them!  I really don’t understand it.  You are wearing your face mask to protect others and they in turn wear theirs to protect you.  Yes they are uncomfortable, yes they aren’t fashionable but bloody hell if they stop you from potentially harming another person them WEAR A FRIGGING MASK!

 

 It’s a new norm to get use to, when you leave the house check, wallet, phone, keys, face mask, hand sanitizer and baby!

 

 Our big news is that we have decided to go camping for two nights in Wales to see the in-laws. Camping we have done a few times before but usually pack the car with a lot of home comforts.  Camping with a one year old will be a totally new experience and we really don’t know how we will fit all our stuff and hers in the car, but then camping within the COVID guide lines will also be a challenge.

 

 We decided to go camping instead of staying in a hotel as we thought it would be safer and can hopefully pitch the tent away from others and continue to socially distance ourselves. 

Wales has slightly different rules to England so at the moment it’s not mandatory to wear masks in shops but we will still be taking ours as we want to keep safe.

 

The height of summer in England

 

My biggest concern is what to do when we meet his family, do I let them hug and kiss the baby, who they haven’t seen since March.  I am torn between saying yes as I know how desperately they have missed her but then also I am scared in case we pass something on to them or they pass something on to us.  We have decided just to see how we feel on the day, I really don’t want to offend anyone but also I just want to keep everyone safe.

 

 After we get back from Wales we are going to isolate for a week or two then go to Liverpool to see my family, which in turn will throw up its own problems as we will be staying in my parents house, so hopefully lock down rules will have eased even more by then.

 

 Anyway wish me luck camping with the baby. Oh and did I mention that the weather forecast is rain, rain, and more rain for the 2 days we are there then brilliant sunshine for the day we travel home!

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