Getting out while we may

Bronte and Byron told to 'Stay!'

Seizing the fine weather and my right to walk, I exercised the dogs by walking round the fields. Border Collies are built to run all day and need exercise,  Most of us in Hundon are still following the instructions of the Stasi to avoid travel, but there were a good number of cyclists enjoying the day, plus other walkers and one on horseback. To stay in on such a fine day would be too cruel; the whole of nature is waiting to show off her finery, with the trees in bursting leaf and the hedgerows thick with blossom. Certainly, this time is drawing us closer, and everyone I pass shouts a cheery "hello", from their safe distance across the road, or retreating into a leafy layby off the path till we pass.

We all try to stay in touch in different ways. In Telford, son Ben and grandson Luke too are out enjoying time together. Living in separate households they cannot physically draw close, but very sensibly both happen to walk at the same time, meeting by coincidence in the same place, but keeping a legal distance apart. Last night, many of the family joined together for a quiz on the HouseParty ap. They are planning another for next week, which we hope to join. This clever ap allows everyone to be seen simultaneously in their own little corner of the screen. Very clever.