Post Pandemic.
As we are informed in the UK that the peak of this pandemic should be on or about Easter Sunday, there arises the question of when we attain something like a scenario of normalcy, what will we do?
Although still fearful and cautious, I must confess to enjoying the overall tranquility and harmony in the present lockdown. No more bloody bickering over bloody Brexit; people showing extraordinary compassion and concern for their neighbours, especially the older and more venerable. Less pollution, traffic, crime, nuisance cold calls; and you can even have a bath without the fear that someone will ring the doorbell in the middle of your ablutions!
It might also be a wakeup call for those as of yet not retired, as to whether they are prepared to embrace and enjoy the prospect, or whether not working will drive them up the wall.
For myself post pandemic, I look forward to:
A coffee outside Simmons bakery in Hatfield watching the world go by. (This towns answer to the Via Veneto in Rome.)
Getting a haircut and beard trim from the local Kurdish barbers. At the current juncture with the prospect of another ten-week lockdown, I will likely emerge rather like an Old Testament Patriarch ready to part the Red Sea.
A trip up into the countryside to both the Woodman & the Candlestick to imbibe good beer in the summer sunshine.
Anybody else wish to add future longings of normality?