David's blog

Its not so warm today its a shame that nice weather is gone but nothing  lasts for ever and this pandemic will move on soon hopefully,   It was another morning of being a musician and trying to learn and record a song to upload onto facebook I did not manage it due to recording issues.  The music seems to be the routine now, playing and singing with the guitar to kill time in the morning it keeps the lonelliness at bay and the dire situation we are in which seems to be going to be around for while really.  The music is good I think I am more musical as I can hear the the guitar better and I am wondering how to maintain that situation after this is over whenever that is, maybe I will have to move or something or do something to the house as the traffic noise will be back to its normal level when this is gone. This blog now is of person who is in a pandemic and a lockdown I never thought I would experience this I guess no one did.   I am wondering whether to go on the bus later to

Its a bit more soggy today which is a shame but its always expected the wet stuff is never far away.  I got up today with a of worrying health problem which due to my lack of eyesight I was not able to understand so I rang the doctor who rang me back and helped me sort it out well I hope so anyway,  I did ring the nhs direct but they came back too slo. I am still not too sure what to do about the manhole situation we shall see tomorrow but it does cause anxiety I have not been out today except to the shop not had my daily allocation of exercise yet. I have got a message from an old friend who has not been on facebook for ages the today this virus has all kinds of conatations I geuss and no one knows where its going and that its going to be long and laborious process out of it until we get a vaccine life feels like it will never be the same again. I did write a song this afternoon a moan about the situation we are I think I have forgotten it now

I tried some program yesterday which was a video conferencing one called jitsi it workded eventually I connected with someone from the RNIB but it lagged I am not sure it its the laptop's fault of the internet I hope get another chance to find out. Also yesterday they came to change the manhole cover but it seeme the same to me it looks the same and the noise is still there and it let to an uncomfortable night and a lot of anxiety, There seemed to be more traffic on the road today maybe people are getting fed up of the lockdown which is understandable I guess it can be a bit oppressive but it seems as if it will be here for a while again. I ventured to Tesco today it was a bit more straight forward today than last week the bus was empty on the way down and only a few on it on the way I thought it might rain today but its still held off regardless of the colour of the sky. I got the new hdmi cable today it just about fits, I may need to pull all the stuff down again soon and

Its another fine day I spent a part of the morning trying to record a video for some page on facebook but gave up in the end as this laptop is not really very good as i have said before I knew that anyway but could not be bothered to send it back Tbey are going on about the peak and if we  are passed it I reckon we are and have been for a while now I have ordered a snood with a chemical on it that kills or traps viruses which after looking at it again is only effective for 3 washes oh well I shall just have to wear it for a long tme and not wash it that often I guess. Apparently they are coming to sort the manhole cover tomorrow hope its sorted once and for all it will be stressful if they don't I guess and very frustrating under these circomstances I guess I have no faith in it being done I suppose I will see tomorow the noise of cars does travel easier through the brick wall but I am have managed to not let it bother me until recently I am not sure what the problem is, is it

Its another sunny day though the wind is a bit chilly today but at least its dry.  I was preoccupied this moring with the rubbish collection the green bin was taken but the blue box wasn't for some reason I have phoned the council to tell them apparently it will get picked up at some point. It is really strange going to the village shop where the shop asssistants are maskede up but its a starnge time and it does not seem to be ending soon which is a drag. I ordered a cable for the usb mic today I thought I had one well I thought I had a few but it seems not the ones I thought that fitted don't I actually thought I had a few but no they don't fit this lockdown thing is really playing silly buggers with my mind which is not nice I don't know where the original cable has gone and I don't know what the ones which I thought fitted actually fit what?

Here we go again another day in quarantine, its a sunny day again which is the saving grace I guess, it looks like I might need to cut the grass soon I doubt the people who do it will be here in the near future. I see this universal basic income idea is still floating about I guess it would be great but it does remind me of a saying easy come easy go which I guess will happen with the money the people are getting on this government scheme this furlough scheme and the boredom will drive people to spend even more I suppose  I am due to help out at the foodbank today if I can get a bus up there atleast its nice enough to walk up there I am not sure whether to take the earlier bus but all I would do is sit around I suppose it will not take an hour to go and pay the rent I think I am getting a bit bored with quarantine its lost its novelty value but I guess that's not a good attitude if I want to stay healthy it just needs resilience, I am getting fed up of hearing about this PPE

It seem this quarantine could go on in some sort of capacity for months at least as there is not sign of vaccine so the thing is not going away due to not enough people not being immune to it and there will have to be a lot of deaths for that to happen.   Some say we should wear a mask others say no hard to know what to do and that hesitation can cost lives I guess lets hope its cleared up soon.  There is still problems with protection been going on for weeks but the government cocked it up but what do you expect when you vote a government in on the back of a cheap slogan. I went to Tesco yesterday and my eyesight was a bit of problem as the shop has changed and some things are not there anymore and you have to go round a certain way and apparently if you don't people will get upset about it which I can understand as its a stressful time people are behaving in a strange way well maybe its not strange different perhaps some are very anxious being next to folk well I am.  I think

I am still musing over the problem of making everyone in the village informed about the charity I have got some info on paper but am not that confident about posting things through letterboxes these days I would not make a postman.  It is very kind of the people to do this but they should have found anther way of informing people or just send one to everybody I guess they were trying to avoid giving them to holiday home owners who are the scurge of the area at the minute as all they bring is this covid 19 with them to make us ill' It is not so warm today at least it has stayed dry which is contrary to the forecast which I guess is nothing new. I hope the warm weather comes back soon. I have managed to make a good fist of finishing some songs that were not quite there this is quite pleasing to be honest so in the future if I need to finish something in that vain again.  I was actually quite surprised how easy it has been to finish the songs how they flow maybe as I am not under

Its another glorious day weather wise but another day in all other aspects as this virus lockdown thing goes on. I decided when I got up today or after I got to up to move bedroom back to the orginal bedroom which I had been driven out of by noisy man hole cover there is hardly any traffic these days so its not a problem and hopefully when the man hole is fixed it will be ok.. In moveing I did a bit of damage to a cable so another one is on the way from amazon. I get the impression that this sitution with the lockdown is long term thing as the useless government do not have anything much to fight the virus with Usually on Wedneseday I would be looking forward to going to the pub to playk some music with some friends but its not happeneing these days.  I am glad I helped set up the community pub as it seems people are missing it which means it was aworth  while occupation being on the committee hopefully it will be open agin in the near futrure

The day did not start too well the recycling idiots did not take my stuff so I shoved it in the green bin I could have phoned the council but i m anot into playing silly buggers regarding waste' the second shit espsode was teh stress of trying to get into my phone account I was struggling to hear what the person was sying on the phone as it was such a bad line i managed to eventually get into it I had just forgotten what the deal was that I had with vodafone.  I noticed that they havent set up a direct debit yet so I am not sure what is going on there After the morning debarcle I decided to post a video on a music page on facebook of a song that I had written a long time ago this version was different to the one I recorded a first time round, it was fun to record it and it seems a few people like it which is good I got inspired to post by the person who runs the page who is very talented and puts herself out there. This afternoon I went for a walk just round the village or a

Its not so warm today as it has been but at least its dry enough to go out I guess this damned virus is still causing devastation across well the country its does not seem so bad in other countries but it seems to be really taking hold in this country for some reason probably due to the incompetent politicians we have running the country I guess you have to question a government that gets into power just with slogan' I am not too sure what to do today I have this bloody headache which is a bit reluctant to move I am not too sure what is causing it maybe its the stress of the situation who knows it might be I guess as its an un natural situation to be in for all of us. today is easter Monday and its an easter Monday like no other I have ever experienced I would probably go for walk with  few folk today but not this year though there was no guarantee there would be a walk actually as they have tapered off in the last couple of years. These days its just one long bank holiday well

I believe there should be an universal basic income a guaranteed income regardless of the situation the main reason I would support this is that its a way out of the benefit trap especially for disabled people.  It would give disabled people the chance to try out a certain job one that they stereotypically did not go and do before and if it did not work out they could go back on the universal basic income thing and they could try again.  This income would reduce the discrimination of blind people, three quarters of the visually impaired are unemployed as the discussion with the employer would be more honest as the employer would be more likely to give the disabled person the job to try knowing that if it did not work out there was a safety net for that person in those discussions which are not had now the employer would get to learn about the situation of the disabled person and in the future might see a roll for person and therefore getting a more diverse workforce which can only be g

Another day in this new world where most things seem to be done online the news holds interviews on skype etc. I have only been out to the shop as it been a bit damp

This virus thing seems to a real life horror film its killing people of all ages but mainly the elderly but its getting everywhere it seems I might feel a bit safer here out in the sticks which is why folk are coming here I guess as they feel safer but all they are doing is endangering the rest of us and using up our supplies and they have been told to stay at home which I would think would be better as you have your family and fiends for support if you actually go ill instead of wreaking havoc in rural communities. I think there are people in the house up the street or there people planning to come there this weekend I will ring the cops if there people there as they know they are not suppose to be there. I have just received a new keyboard it took me ages to find the Bluetooth it was still attached to the box which I had already thrown out this one seem to work for the mouse and the keyboard at the same time they usually have one each I guess things move on I wish they would find

I was up in the middle of the night listening to music as I couldn't sleep I don't think I have done that before of if I have its been a long time.  I eventually got of bed about 9.30am not a lot to get up for these days I got up as felt I had better do.  I was surprised that when I got up I still had internet as my present or well they were until yesterday as still my provider today which is very nice of them I guess I will change to the new provider Vodafone tomorrow so its a bit of fiddle around for me tomorrow just hope it works straight away as I don't really have the patience to mess about witht he bloody thing. I did the usual thing these days played the guitar again and watched telly after breakfast and did that really until the afternoon I then went for walk I am sure I came across some visitors who aren't really suppose to be here at this time as they are suppoed to be at their primary address but is seems as some won't be told and unless they listen thi