Covid Lockdown

I had a good lockdown, apart from the hassle of having to go food shopping and there being so little in the shops, I enjoyed the peace and quiet, the island was so empty of people, all the campervan people had to leave and the caravan sites close. There was so little traffic, people were friendlier to their neighbours. There were a few who were nasty and got on my nerves, I thought I was going to be physically attacked once, because I was giving my dog her off lead training, she ran up to these people and this bloke went mental and got right in my face, he was quite a big muscular bloke too and I wondered if I was going to have to use my long unused martial arts skills to get away from him, I didn't, but it did make me nervous.

Things got bad though when England relaxed its rules before we did in Wales, it was horrible, people were terrible, the police were on the roads leading into Wales, stopping tourists comming, then the tourists started trying to send thier luggage via couriers so they could claim they were just going out. The attitude of those that got here towards locals was awful, we were told that the rules here didn't apply to them as they were English and the rules only applied to Welsh people and residents. It caused so much resentment and an upsurge of people wanting independence.

But on the whole it seems a golden time, even though I did miss the library and garden centres, lol.

I struggled because it seemed like every man and his dog was doing Zoom calls or whatever, and I wasn't, though to be fair I barely asked people.

I loved it when we were just allowed to go out locally.

Peace from socialising, quietude and local walks discovering places.

I'm just talking about the lockdown though not the trauma and anxiety of Covid itself.

The peace and structure of not having to go busy places was good. However there was also fear of people not keeping to rules and what we should do if needed something fixing or medical help. Also there was concern over government making the right decision. It felt safer when masks became necessary. On the whole I settled to the situation which helped having family living with me. I might have found it harder if living alone. I also got into a habit of having a daily walk which I still do most days.

The thing for me that was more challenging was when they started lifting the restrictions especially knowing there was still a risk and knowing people who died. I remember my first jab where we queued in masks and the time waiting with lots of people around was very difficult. I also think that ever since then mixing in groups has felt harder. It took me a long time to cope with going out and I think it has changed things.

It was great, people seemed nicer and obviously you saw fewer people out and about. Some found it harder as they couldn't see their friends or family, I didn't.

I found the world had become the ideal place, it had been reset to the correct speed and noise level. I never had to engage with other people, even food shopping was bearable. I’m obviously aware that many people suffered and don’t mean to offend.