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The Distancing Diaries - 7th & 8th May, 2021
It was gloriously sunny when I got up on Friday morning so I did a load of washing and pegged it out on the line before booking next week's National Trust trip and doing my Wii Fit workout. I'd had a...
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The Distancing Diaries - 9th & 10th May, 2021
A torrential downpour on Sunday morning woke me at just after 5am and half an hour later I'd abandoned trying to go back to sleep and had a wander around the garden in the drizzle instead. After...
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The Distancing Diaries - 11th & 12th May, 2021
Now it's light when I get up I'm back into my summer routine, taking a wander around the garden whatever the weather to check what's popped up overnight. Tuesday morning was no exception and I saw that...
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The Distancing Diaries - 13th & 14th May, 2021
Thursday started in the usual fashion, a wander around the garden, my Wii Fit workout and a breakfast of fruit & yoghurt. It was the day of our postponed National Trust visit so, Jon made...
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The Distancing Diairies - 15th & 16th May, 2021
Jon was first up on Saturday morning, making tea and bringing it back to bed where we lay, read and listened to the rain pitter-pattering on the window panes until the lads demanded his attention. I...
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The Distancing Diairies - 17th & 18th May, 2021
 It was so dark on Monday morning when Stephen woke me demanding breakfast that I had to double-check the alarm clock, thinking it was at least a couple of hours earlier. I did my Wii Fit workout, put...
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The Distancing Diaries - 19th & 20th May, 2021
Shefali Oza, our weather presenter on BBC Midlands Today, said that Wednesday would be the driest day of the week and anyone planning a lie-in ought to be up and out early to make the most of the...
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The Distancing Diaries - 21st & 22nd May, 2021
 Friday was another wet and miserable day and, to add insult to injury, unseasonably cold and windy. It's almost guaranteed that my poor Welsh poppies choose to bloom on the day their petals get...
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The Distancing Diaries - 23rd & 24th May, 2021
 I was up first on Sunday and mopped the hall and kitchen floors whilst the tea was brewing. I took the mugs back to bed where we lay and read until Frank demanded Jon's attention. We had toast for...
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The Distancing Diaries - 25th & 26th May, 2021
Tuesday got off to another miserable, wet and chilly start. I did my Wii Fit workout and dusted the lounge. Jon joined me for breakfast and by the time I tidied up the utility room and sorted out my...
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The Distancing Diaries - 27th & 28th May, 2021
 Just as we'd been promised, I woke early on Thursday morning to sunshine and blue skies. I wandered around the garden with the lads, did my Wii Fit workout and after we'd had breakfast and Jon had...
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The Distancing Diaries - 29th, 30th & 31st May, 2021
On Saturday morning, despite the forecast for a gloriously sunny day, we woke to grey skies and drizzle. Jon was up first and made tea which he brought back to bed where we lay and read till gone 8am....
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The Distancing Diaries - 1st & 2nd June, 2021
It was already warm and gloriously sunny when I got up just before 6am on Tuesday morning. I wandered around the garden barefoot with the lads at my heels and sang Happy Birthday to Frank who could be...
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The Distancing Diaries - 3rd & 4th June, 2021
Another Oriental poppy had bloomed when I wandered around the garden on Thursday morning. I did a load of washing, pegged it out on the line and did my Wii Fit workout before catching up with blogland....
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The Distancing Diaries - 5th & 6th June, 2021
 Once again, dazzling sunshine greeted us when we awoke on Saturday morning. Jon saw to the lads, made tea and brought it back to bed where we lay and read until 8am. I stripped and changed the bed,...
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The Distancing Diaries - 7th & 8th June, 2021
 On Monday morning after my Wii Fit session and I'd wrapped the weekend eBay sales, I gave the houseplants a misting before joining Jon for breakfast. One of the Severn Trent chaps called round to let...
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The Distancing Diaries - 9th & 10th June, 2021
On Wednesday morning, after a wander around the garden, I did my Wii Fit workout, caught up with Blogland and found a note from Severn Trent in the postbox letting us know that the water was now safe...
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The Distancing Diaries - 11th & 12th June, 2021
As soon as I was up on Friday morning I booked next week's National Trust visit. After my last Wii Fit workout of the week, I wrapped my eBay sales and cleaned the lounge, mopping the floorboards,...
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The Distancing Diaries - 13th & 14th June, 2021
On Sunday morning I put as many of the houseplants I could fit into the bath and sink to soak, mopped the kitchen floor and took mugs of tea back to bed where we lay and read until just gone 8.30am....
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The Distancing Diaries - 15th & 16th June, 2021
I got up on Tuesday morning to find an email from a friend with the devastating news that her beloved husband had lost his life in a terrible accident three weeks ago. They made a wonderful couple, led...
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