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THE GREEN DIARY : Friday, 5 June, 2020.

Pedro-of-the-Green

NEWSFLASH

Post Covid

Friends –

Many of you asked us to keep you in the loop about our Covid Tests.

Both Tony & I have tested positive which in a way we are glad of : the knowing that we have had it is somehow comforting and even if it provides no immunity, at least we know that our systems seem to be robust enough to survive it if it recurs. Of course we hope that it might prove we have some form of immunity in the long run, but hey, lets wait and see.

In the meantime we are cautioned to stay under lockdown and follow the orders of the scientists – not Demonic Cummings or his sock puppet!

Bon Chance All. Thank you.

Onward and Upward!

Turning a road into a garden! Or trying to.
The Backyard

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THE GREEN DIARY : Thursday, 28 May 2020.

DO NOT ADJUST YOUR MIND – THERE IS A FAULT WITH REALITY!

Terns on The Green

On Tuesday morning last, we woke to glorious sunshine. Our bedroom window overlooks The Green and there we saw a fantastic sight; never before have we seen such a thing: hundreds of Terns squadroning the skies above; a great flock of them wheeling, weaving, diving, turning and exulting it would seem, in the warm morning. 
Were they lost? Had their bearings somehow become impaired? Had no leader emerged to take them all off to the estuary where they usually love wading and shrimping? Was it ominous? It was certainly beautiful and it went on for nearly an hour. Nobody knows; yes, it was almost spooky.

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THE GREEN DIARY : Sunday, 17 May 2020.

NOTES FROM THE COUNTRY

Yesterday we drove into London. The first time there and away from Mistley for 64 days. 

During this time no-one other than us has set foot in our home here.

It was strange; rather like going back to boarding school; a feeling of foreboding; of leaving something familiar and going somewhere strange. Certainly our anxiety levels were raised.

I had to have my knees X-rayed and Tony had to have a blood test, Tony at the Wigg Clinic in Kentish Town and me at UCH on Euston Road.

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