I have posted photos of the Denis Papin staircase on several occasions but it’s never been this empty! Just two elderly people keeping their distance. Today I discovered we can order vegetable plants from a local nursery – it will be faster than growing them from seed. No further deaths in our area today and …
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Covid Confinement Day 16 – City Daily Theme Day: School
Fortunately we have a school in our street even though it no longer serves its original purpose, so I was able to take this month’s photo during our one-hour physical activity slot. Sadly our death count went from 4 to 7 today. The first medically-fitted-out trains took patients on ventilators from Paris to Brittany to …
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Covid Confinement Day 15
First day of our second fortnight of lockdown. It’s still cold and windy but we were fairly protected as we walked along the Loire during our regulatory one-hour of physical activity within a radius of one kilometer from home. The production of ventilators and masks has been stepped up in existing facilities in France while …
Covid Confinement Day 14
Today was cold with a strong northerly wind. We went for our walk but it was not very pleasant. The total number of deaths in Loir et Cher is now 4. Aujourd’hui il faisait froid avec un vent du nord. Nous avons fait notre promenade mais ce n’était pas très agréable. Le nombre total de …
Covid Confinement Day 13
Cold and windy today but spring is well on its way. The figures are still climbing across France but no further deaths in Loir-et-Cher. Froid et vent aujourd’hui mais le printemps s’installe. Les chiffres continuent d’augmenter mais pas de nouveaux décès en Loir-et-Cher.
Covid Confinement Day 12
We went on our new forest-free walk today and I noticed this newly-painted gâte in our street. There are now 3 deaths in a retirement home in Loir-et-Cher. Nous avons fait notre nouvelle marche sans forêt aujourd’hui et j’ai remarqué ce portail récemment repaint. Il y a maintenant 3 décès en Loir-et-Cher dans un Ehpad.
Covid Containment Day 11
As the Saturday fresh produce market in Blois has been suspended until further notice, we went to La Ferme de la Touche in Chitenay yesterday which is open to the public from 5 to 7 pm on Thursdays. It was taken by storm so we weren’t able to buy enough fruit and vegetables for the …
Covid Containment Day 10
We bought this camellia plant several years ago but this is the first time it’s flowered. Sometimes all you need is patience … Today’s count in Loir-et-Cher is 55 cases, still no deaths, 10 more than yesterday against 1 on 12th March (lockdown started on 17th March). Nous avons acheté ce camélia il y a …
Covid Confinement Day 9
Home deliveries are still being made but with a safe procedure: the delivery man phoned to say he was 10 minutes away so I could open the gate. I stood well back while he brought the parcel into the garden. I didn’t sign for it – he just checked my name. Today the number of …
Covid Confinement Day 8
Restrictions are getting tighter with physical activity now limited to one hour a day staying within 1 km of your home, but you can do so with other members of your household which makes things easier. We have devised a one-hour circuit that I would say we’ll soon know by heart! A total of 37 …