Those in the Governments Shielding category can now play outside – hurrah; the trouble is that the risk should a shielded person contract Corvid-19 hasn’t gone away. All my life I have taken risks; mostly calculated but sometimes just stupid; but this time it’s my better half that is at risk so I’m not inclined to play outside at the moment – I’ll get back to normal once we have a viable vaccine.

On the good side the removal of the shielding restrictions allowed my Granddaughter to visit me on my 72nd Birthday for the first time since the lookdown began – that made my (our) day.