The Extreme Staycation

Location: London, UK  COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak Lockdown Meanwhile, in Australia, there are two fairly huge environmental issues which need to be known about by the wider world. Most people are of course aware of the devastating bush fires which swept Australia late last years and for the first quarter of this year.  Bush fires are a naturally occurring thing down under, but this scale was unprecedented. Now some time has passed and authorities are beginning to get an idea of just how big the damage to the animal and wildlife populations these fires was - they estimate that  3 billion  animals were hurt or killed.  Koalas, one of Australia’s indigenous and iconic animals will be extinct by 2050 if serious intervention doesn't take place now.  It's a shocking and very upsetting thought. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-53549936 Elsewhere in Australia, water is the problem, with coastal erosion causing millions of dollars of damage to ...

Location: London, UK COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak Lockdown Running I am not a runner. Or so I thought. I am a gym workout and dance class kinda person.  I don't run, because every time I've tried, I've been incapacitated for several days afterwards.  I even owned a vest top that said "I hate Running". Why was this?  Maybe I wasn't as fit?  Maybe I didn't pace myself? As the gyms are closed, I've joined my husband doing Couch to 5k .  He was already at the end of week 3 so I really dived in. And I have surprised, no, shocked myself - maybe I am a runner afterall!  Not only have I been able to do it, I've actually quite enjoyed it.  I make sure I have a good stretch afterwards and so far, it's going ok - I can walk the next day and everything. Good thing I got rid of that vest top - it would make a liar out of me. Lovely footage of the day - Henry the Koala https://www.thedodo.com/videos/in-the-wild/tiny-baby-koala-do...