Saturday marked the date a wedding should have happened. We celebrated in the garden with a glass of champagne. We look forward to seeing the couple again and, of course, celebrating their real wedding when it is allowed to take place. I guess there will be a surge of wedding and other formal events once we are allowed to congregate in groups again.
Sunday night's announcement marked the beginning of the end of lockdown for us all.
We are now allowed to exercise outside more than once per day. This announcement alone makes me realise how lucky we are. I never count the number of times I go outside. Between the garden and the allotment I have all the outside I want.
There are due to be some reduction in the restrictions placed upon competitive sport. It's going to be hard to comply with the rules on an indoor sport of the nature of gymnastics, but it's a start.
Britain has suffered more deaths than any country other than USA. That may be due to the way we record the fatalities but I think there are many deaths both here and abroad that have not been given the correct cause of death (both positive and negative).
News from the rest of the world... China has seen a surge in new infections since they emerged from lockdown. The WHO suggests Coronovirus will become endemic in our world; this is the new normal and we have to learn to live with it.
And now it's Thursday, and nothing has changed for us. So in total, the easing of restrictions is a non-event for us. It's nothing more than a suggestion things are not gong to be quite this tight for much longer.