It's one I have been thinking about after receiving a message on Facebook following my previous blog.
Each time I put a blog online I get a raft of thank you messages and likes and I really appreciate these. In fact 99% of comments on what I am doing are positive. Today I received an interesting one suggesting that if we all have total lockdown and don't go out at all, this crisis will be over much faster.
Whilst agreeing largely with this idea, at the present time the Government have said that one form of exercise each day is permissible providing we keep to the social distancing criteria. I largely keep my walks to fields and the immediate countryside around Hethersett and closely follow the two metre guidance. If and when the Government impose a complete lockdown apart from going out to buy provisions I will of course abide by it.
In the meantime as a journalist I see my role as bringing people news about the latest position and what is happening in Hethersett. This will be reflected both in my daily blogs and in my e-magazine Hethersett Herald at www.hethersettherald.weebly.com
I have been very heartened by the comments and appreciation both of this blog and the photographs I have been taking and I am delighted to continue to do this within the confines of the safety measures imposed by the Government. Getting out for many people for a walk, run or cycle ride is vitally important for their mental health and well being and we should never overlook this. We need to ensure that everyone remains mentally as well as physically strong during these very difficult and demanding days.
Have just finished my Gove Gander for the day. Went for a three mile walk round the fields at the back of Park Farm and back along the B1172 which was very quiet. We were passed by an empty number 14 bus. Admittedly not the greatest walk - vast open swathes of open country. When we started the walk it was sunny but after a few minutes it clouded over and the pictures became moody rather than colourful. I will post them on this blog in a short while once I have sorted out the wheat from the chaff.