Isolation things to do and done

Just watching the Patagonia special TG, was wondering what I would do with the Lotus. Upgrade the suspension and replace the engine would do for me but what engine? Probably something from the major sources, Merc, BMW or Jaguar. Still working on which engine but what would you do?

I cant do more than 10 mins on an exercise bike! I bought this fancy watt bike a few years back for winter training and it just gathered dust

My lock down activities:

- I've taught my dog to play dead when I pretend to shoot him

- I've reacquainted myself with  A-level maths in my new role as daddy maths teacher

- I've recreated a close approximation of a five guys burger and chocolate milkshake

Skills that I hope  become highly prized in the new-world economy that follows the lockdown

Normal working day for me: complete isolation Lockdown working day for me: complete isolation - the difference is nearly all my clients are closed so the projects will run out.

My brothers and I recently bought the house next door for my mum to move into - it's need a complete 'going through' from top to bottom, so that's still keeping me out of mischief when I'm not working.

My boat (not permitted to go back in the harbour yet) also needs detailing as do the cars, and I'm part way through restoring the engine bay in the Minor, so plenty to keep me occupied for a while yet.

Our local butcher, greengrocer and deli were all well stocked. Even with a maximum of two customers per shop I didn't have to queue. I did have to queue ouside Moreton in Marsh pharmacy for some hand sanitiser, but not for long. Aldi was well stocked and even had loo rolls. The roads were spookily quiet everywhere.

Some shelving ordered for the office, completing my makeover and allowing some crap to be transplanted from the study so that gets tidied up too.

Now if only the tip/recycling centre were open...

Just ordered an 8 yard skip to be delivered later today

Same here. I've got an increasing pile of stuff that needs to go to the tip. You'd think that social distancing at your local recycling centre (as we can't call it the tip anymore) would be fairly easy to srot out. And it is essential to get rid of stuff! I bet fly tipping increases as tips are shut.   

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Just bought a new set of kitchen appliances.
Yesterday I bought a sound bar for the tv.
The day before I bought a box of brannigans Roast Beef and Mustard crisps off eBay and a few packets of Wispas.
Today I’m doing diy and will go for a run later.

If council staff are on full pay then it seems bizarre that the tips would be shut - although I suppose it falls under "essential trips". A short trip to the tip once a week - maintaining distancing- could sensibly be allowed surely. 

There is actually a huge amount that could be done with the original distancing rules - I was going to take some RC cars to a an empty car park near here for example - but I suppose people could not be relied upon to do it sensibly, and even now we may lose the one a day exercise because people are being cretins. Every time I go running there are groups of same-age yoofs about, and - last time - a few groups of Asian middle aged men. Weird. 

I pointlessly used a big microfibre to dry off the overnight rain from all 3 cars - all recently waxed but with a week's dust on them - all perfect again now. Small pleasures. 

Here is an isolation classic - dig out the models from the loft and build them! Really happy with this one, the silver was a spray can and looks great...

They haven't thought about it very hard then. Limit the number of vehicles entering at any one time and monitor. I noticed a pile of rubbish fly tipped by the side of the A19 last week and, sure enough, it's growing by the day.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of common sense being applied to policing these social distancing rules. Our golf club has 4 green staff, looking after 90 acres. One will be mowing, one will be hundreds of yards away working on a bunker, another far away on a green etc. Yet I was talking to our club manager the other day and he was saying they've had to furlough 2 of them as they have been restricted to "essential maintenance" only. If there is any suggestion that clubs are using this time to make any improvements to the course at all - even it's just one man by himself, working on a tee box, then they have been told they will all be closed down full stop. It does beggar belief. Most golf clubs are on a financial tightrope anyway and this sort of nonsense will just mean that more will go to the wall.