Location: London, UK COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak Lockdown The government have now suggested only essential travel to Spain including the Balearic islands so a whole new swathe of people have had their dreams of a holiday dashed. I am sure the government are acting in our best interest on this, but I really feel for all those people and many thousands of others who aren't going on holiday any time soon. It's funny, a holiday seems like a bit of a luxury sometimes but when you work hard all year, a bit of travel, adventure and relaxation seem well deserved. This has been such a weird year. For some people, I imagine that not having to look at their same four walls for a week is a desperately needed break. Mentally, physically. Folk with families who have been home schooling during all this must be doubly exhausted. Staycations have become the obvious option but accommodation is now in short supply and prices are rising. Tent in the garden it is then....
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Location: London, UK COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak Lockdown We made pizzas today. I didn't take a photo because it was not a pretty sight. Pizza dough makers on YouTube will make stretching the dough look all very easy and straightforward but IT ISN'T! First error - not enough flouring of surfaces and hands. Second error - exacerbated by the first error, should have put the stretched dough onto the tray it was going into the oven on before adding toppings. Some suggest you heat the tray up first, from pizza #3 I know this didn't make a difference. It was pretty much impossible to neatly slide the pizza onto the tray, so I made mine a calzone which made it slightly easier. Other members of the house ended up scooping it as a big ol' mess onto the tray and throwing it into the oven... However, even with our hole-y / calzone / piles of dough and toppings not looking quite the way we anticipated they tasted YUM! So will be making this again, with a few preparation ...
Location: London, UK COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak Lockdown I am fortunate to have a job at the moment and I have some annual leave to take before a certain date. I am normally one to hang to my annual leave and not use it willy-nilly, but the date is looming and with no-where to go I am at a bit of a loss with what to do. Personally, I don't fancy going anywhere at the moment. I really don't feel inclined to get on a plane to go anywhere - I don't particularly enjoy flying at the best of times - and the idea of having to wear a mask for the duration of the journey doesn't appeal. In previous years, the idea of just being at home with no-where to be was incredibly appealing, but as that's kind of the status quo at the moment, it's lost some of it's magic. So what to do with my leave - well, I think the garden and a book do still beckon and maybe a whole series on Netflix...
Location: London, UK COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak Lockdown Today is the longest day of the year. This is of course the day when we have the longest period of sunlight and it's all downhill from now on, a slow decent into winter. That's a little depressing isn't it? In a week that has included torrential rain and thunderstorms, it's tempting to think that our lockdown summer is over, but apparently next week is gonna be a scorcha! As the chances of going anywhere on holiday seem fairly remote, I'm considering taking the week off, erecting a cocktail bar in the garden and creating my own "all inclusive" get away without leaving the premesis. This does have its advantages: 1. No flying, passport control, packing needed. 2. I know I'll like the food and there will be plenty of vegan options - actually, what am I saying, it's a vegan hotel! 3. Still have access to all the on-demand TV I desire 4. If I don't like a book I'm reading, I have fa...
Location: London, UK COVID-19 / Coronavirus Outbreak Lockdown Lockdown is being eased slightly as of tomorrow (June 1st). Gatherings of up to 6 people are being allowed in gardens with social distancing still in place. I think that this is ok, as long as people stick to it. It does seem a bit early to go any further than this when the daily mortality rate is still incredibly high compared to our neighbours who have much stricter rules still in place. In the UK on Saturday 30th May, 146 people died. In Ireland, where lockdown isn't being eased to the same extent as the UK until the 8th of June, they had 9. I appreciate that it is one of the lower figures for the UK and the Ireland has a much smaller population (5million compared to the UK's 66million) but still, that's 146 people who have died in potentially avoidable cases. What's upsetting me is the rhetoric that "they were old" "they had underlying health conditions" "they w...