Looking out of the farmhouse window at the A259 road since lockdown, I notice that the road is still busy with lorries and vans mainly doing deliveries, as well as the usual local traffic of tippers and constructors’ lorries.
Also there are lots of tractors as farmers are planting the spring crops and busy lambing the sheep and calving the cattle – and the farmers feel they have a purpose after the recent farmer bashing from pressure groups.
There are a lot less cars and no foreign coaches that are usually full of students at this time of year. A few more cyclists are getting their daily exercise and Sundays see lot of noisy motorcyclists. What is surprising, though, is very few ambulance with blue lights. I usually see up to ten a day but, since lockdown, I rarely see more than one a day.
I still get my usual cheery wave from the post girl delivering the post. One regular visitor whom I never see as he comes between 4am and 5am is Keith Garnsworthy, the milkman. He has been delivering milk for over twenty years and in that time he has never missed a morning delivery, having no holidays. The only two days he has off are Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.
When I take my dog for his run across the fields there is no constant drone of aircraft over head flying to and from Heathrow and Gatwick.
And a message from the milkman – “Milk & More are so proud of their dedicated workforce that as a big thank you to our frontline teams I would like them to enjoy the Easter weekend with their families. We will therefore be giving our teams Easter Saturday and Monday off to enjoy being with their families.”
Image Credits: Dennis Leeds-George .