Plastic PilchardJul 22, 20203 min readJuly 22nd - the world's gone crazyThe lockdown continues to ease and hairdressers have now been allowed to open. I haven't booked an appointment yet, I thought I'd let the...
Plastic PilchardJul 9, 20203 min readDay 4 of *Freedom - July 9th 2020 (*well, lockdown easing!)The lockdown restrictions finally eased in Wales on Monday July 6th. That's 104 days since we went into lockdown on March 24th. We are...
Plastic PilchardJun 28, 20203 min readLockdown - Day 96 (Sunday June 28th)It should have been Glastonbury Festival this weekend. It's been a particularly depressing and difficult week. Work has been getting...
Plastic PilchardJun 17, 20203 min readLockdown - Day 85 (Wednesday June 17th)I've had a really crappy couple of weeks. Nothing to do with Covid, well sort of. Work has been frustrating as hell and getting busier...
Plastic PilchardJun 3, 20202 min readLockdown - Day 71 (Wednesday June 3rd)As of Monday June 1st the lockdown was eased slightly in Wales. Now people from two different households can meet each other outdoors as...
Plastic PilchardMay 24, 20203 min readLockdown - Day 61 (Sunday May 24th)One year ago today since my hip replacement. Also one year ago since I had to miss Bearded Theory festival and felt miserable about it,...
Plastic PilchardMay 12, 20204 min readLockdown - Day 50 (Tuesday May 12th)Wow, I can't believe it's been almost a fortnight since I posted. I've been pretty busy with work and my daily exercise and my Thirty Day...
Plastic PilchardApr 29, 20204 min readLockdown - Day 37 (Wednesday April 29th)I booked the day off today as work has been really getting me down. It's just so hectic and exhausting and relentless. Of course it's...
Plastic PilchardApr 22, 20202 min readLockdown - Day 30 (Wednesday April 22nd)30 days since the lock down was announced, but the last couple of days I've noticed a lot more cars on the road. I think people are...
Plastic PilchardApr 14, 20202 min readLockdown - Day 22 (Tuesday April 14th)It's a week since my last post. I've been watching less and less news. When you don't watch the news and stay off Twitter you can...
Plastic PilchardApr 7, 20203 min readLockdown - Day 15 (Tuesday April 7th)I thought I'd be writing this more and more frequently by now but I'm still relatively busy with work in the day. Then I make sure that I...
Plastic PilchardApr 1, 20202 min readLockdown - Day 9 (Wednesday April 1st)Shocking figures today as 563 more people died in the last 24 hours bringing the known total to 2,352.  I say known deaths as the figures...
Plastic PilchardMar 29, 20204 min readLockdown - Day 6 (Sunday March 29th)The number of known infected in the UK now stands at 19,522 and the number of deaths 1,228. Scrolling through Twitter is just depressing...
Plastic PilchardMar 25, 20203 min readLockdown - Day 2 (Wednesday March 25th)Well, I had to take a little break from writing the blog. One because it was just too depressing and two because I've just been exhausted...
Plastic PilchardMar 22, 20202 min readCovid 19 - 5,683 (known infected in UK, increase of 665 from yesterday)It's Mother's Day today. I tried to FaceTime Mum but it just wouldn't connect so I had to use the phone. I guess a lot more people are...
Plastic PilchardMar 21, 20202 min readCovid 19 - Over *4,000 (known infected in UK, increase of over 700 from yesterday) *For some reason the actual numbers are no longer being published daily. I don't know if this because they don't know or if numbers are...
Plastic PilchardMar 20, 20203 min readCovid 19 - 3,983 (known infected in UK, increase of 714 from yesterday)Spent the first couple of hours this morning crying, weeping and sobbing. I just couldn't stop it. It all started when a whole host of...
Plastic PilchardMar 19, 20201 min readCovid 19 - 3,269 (known infected in UK, increase of 643 from yesterday)I left for work early this morning as I had physio at 8.00am. The roads were a little busier today, but it still only took my about 16...
Plastic PilchardMar 18, 20203 min readCovid 19 - 2,626 (known infected in UK, increase of 676 from yesterday)Glastonbury Festival got cancelled today. We knew it would but having it finally confirmed really makes us all realise just how long this...
Plastic PilchardMar 17, 20203 min readCovid 19 - 1,950 (known infected in UK, increase of 407 from yesterday)I appreciate that I started this blog as we were already well into the crisis, but before any drastic measures had been announced. I only...
