And No! That is not a reference to losing my sense of taste, which is thought to be a good symptom of going down with the dreaded lurgy!
After posting the Day 6 blog, we had a second go at doing FaceTime aperos with the Chinon Two, and it worked very well again. This afternoon I had an inspiring virtual meeting by Skype with two work colleagues - there are some brilliant tools out there for connecting without endangering yourself or others.
There is however no good substitute really for going up to the village bakery in the morning for croissants and baguette, and it provides a bit of exercise as I have to go uphill. Today the route was empty, although I met a couple of others up at the bakers, all keeping a good 2 metres apart. What a difference a day makes, as this morning there was sunshine, so although eerily quiet, it was very beautiful.
While I slaved over a churning computer, John did sterling work in the garden, repotting things, finding new pots for things, sorting out sacks of compost and horse muck, enjoying the sunshine and tiring out the cats. He found lots of lovely things for chickens - perhaps these will make the little blighters more inclined to lay eggs? They are the stuff of nightmares of course, these giant grubs. Who else remembers the classic Dr Who adventure The Green Death, which included a sickness (which turned you green) spread by 4 foot long giant maggots?
He also got round to potting up the strawberry plants we bought, when we were panic-buying cat food at Lidl 10 days ago. We put them in hanging baskets to keep them away from slugs, snails, mice and chickens - in this way we might get a few during the season. What variety are they I hear you ask? No kidding - Korona!
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