Oh dear Caroline, what a lot of trouble your phone and broadband are causing you, I think I'd be telling Sky where to stick it. It's bad enough having all that trouble but even worse during times like this when we rely so much on it. What a shame about the holiday for your daughter's family, hope they find something else suitable. Sounds like a frustrating day all round, hope tomorrow is better.
Diary:
Woke this morning feeling very depressed then lots of totally random unhappy memories started crowding in on my mind, no idea why. Of course the current situation added to it. The Pillar 2 data has increased the confirmed cases in my area by about another sixty percent which really concerns me, particularly in light of the further relaxation of the lockdown. I don't have any strong political inclinations and I think that whichever government was in power they would have a really difficult time but I just feel like we've been deceived by the previous absence of these figures.
Spent a long time reading, including the news. The local newspaper seemed to focus on the reopening of the pubs. No idea when I'll be going to the pub again but it won't be any time soon, I just wouldn't feel safe.
Eventually got myself ready to go for my walk. It had been raining earlier this morning but was now dry but overcast, reasonably warm. The field had been cut yesterday, or rather two thirds of it had been, don't know why the middle bit had been missed. Still lots of clover growing there among the grass. Pleasant walk.
The doormat outside my back door had disintegrated and I'd decided to put the one from my hallway in its place and replace that one with a spare. Cleaned the floor, got rid of the junk mail and moved the recyclable shopping bags into the car boot, they'd been reclining in the umbrella stand since last going shopping in March! It's a very small hallway, I should be ashamed of myself for not doing it sooner.
After lunch I did a bit of gardening. The garden was quite wet but I took a couple of cuttings from my perennial wallflower and planted them in small pots. I remember my mother telling me that eventually they die off so it's best to keep taking cuttings, I've taken her words seriously, she was a good gardener. And she was right! It started raining, only lightly but enough to drive me back indoors. Updated my supermarket order for next week, a bit of Rootschatting. Then I sorted out some paperwork that was taking up room in the upstairs cupboard, managed to get rid of some of it. Did a bit more to my painting after having received advice from art teacher. Sent her the photos for my paintings that will be going in our online exhibition. It's only for the classes themselves but it's good to see everyone's work, there are some very talented students.
The other night there was a film on channel 4 called Touching the Void. I wasn't really watching it, just listening to bits while I was doing something else but then thought I should have watched it. I watched it tonight on catchup. I don't watch many films, this was a true story about two men who climbed a previously unclimbed mountain in Peru, it was an account of the shocking events that took place. Excellent film.
After that I watched Gardeners' World, the woman called Carol was taking cuttings from some climbing plants including honeysuckle. There's a honeysuckle growing over my fence that NN has always insisted was mine. I know it isn't because I've lived here since the houses were built and I didn't plant it. There were two lots of previous occupants in her house, I think perhaps the first ones planted it. However, after seeing the programme I've decided to take some cuttings from it and will grow it over the fence where it's been left bare due to her actions. Touché !
Feeling lonely today, I haven't spoken to anyone. Will see what tomorrow brings.
Hope everyone else has had a positive day.