Patronii in person, anti Dementors visit the zoo

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Never started a long running thread before but I figure even lurkers should take a turn. Hope the title ok.

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@BogRollBOGOF, dyspraxia and autism is a difficult combination. I know because that's me. My desire for a structured routine clashes with my rubbish executive function leaving me in a permanent state of anxiety.

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Brought my picnic with me😄

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My patronus is a rather delicious looking pink piglet. Little bit afraid to whip it out in a zoo, what if the tigers fancy a snack? Disaster.

www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/somerset-beauty-spot-hundreds-flouted-4180620

Linking again, as so embarrassed we went there but didn't 'rave' etc or drop litter.

So now it seems they have closed the road and before this, we sailed there ling with others as there is a sailing school.

Checking in for the new thread while hiding in a small tunnel from the rain.

Checking in!

Checking in after a few days in hiding.
It's so nice to see a whole load of different names arriving since we started.
Just knowing that there is a little bit of sense and perspective out there is a real help.

I met some dementor deer this morning on my walk through the woods. A slight cough to clear my throat and 2 muntjacs shot out of the undergrowth and disappeared as fast as they could.

The threshold for shutting public spaces should be so much higher. It’s shocking that they are reducing them at the time we need them most. I went on an illegal drive do I could walk and see the sea (wales). I honestly cried looking across the water and seeing the vastness. My world is too small at the moment

Checking in. I sent that Lionel Shriver link to a friend and my mum. Then had a delicious rant about how shit everything is with my friend.

There was a thing in the Times today about choirs “Will no one in government stand up for British choirs?” I won’t repeat it all here but basically Britain has had some fantastic choirs but now everyone is so spooked they won’t allow any choirs for ages - this endangers choral music (as child choristers need to practise) and is a massive shame. Some of the comments are horrible - one person has said “In a post COVID world choirs break all the distancing rules. Of course they should not return. They are hardly necessary. Only a small minority would ever notice them”.

Checking in with my lemur patronus.

I want the use of the word ‘flouted’ to be outlawed

Checking in.

Can I suggest a bit of flocking for the next thread? Early days I know, as this one has just started, but I find I am getting quite attached to the concept of flocking somewhere of late!

I am gutted about choirs. 😭

My kids and I are all members of at least one choir each.

Although given that choirs really do seem to be high risk for spread and the age profile of a lot of choir singers, I think it is fair that it will be a while before we get back to normal.

It will be a real loss, but the world can (just about) manage without choirs for a while.

(Waaaaaaaaahhhh )

This post Covid world sounds utterly shit. Why are some people so keen to ensure that all enjoyment should be squashed?

My patronus is a street cat with no tail, no bollocks, and some of his internal giblets missing, and a serious cattitude. His name is Obelix. He's awesome and he takes no prisoners.

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I sing with a large London choir. Singing has been a huge part of my life since childhood and the thought of that not continuing is unbearable. We are destroying so much in the name of ‘safety’.

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Just back from a meet with the family we plan to share childcare with from September. We made a few halfhearted "keep the distance" noises at the kids and then both complicitly gave up

www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52933804

The number of people infected with coronavirus in homes in England has fallen to 5,600 a day, from 8,000 last week, statisticians suggest.

The estimate is based on swab tests of 19,000 people in 9,000 households by the Office for National Statistics.

Bit of good news.

I think the 2m and masks shit is a sop to frighten people as many in the government do want people back working I think they have an eye on other things like the ecomony and huge gaps opening up in education - they just don't want the critsism of them saying they don't care about people dying to stick to them.

I don't think I ever picked a patronus. Don't outlaw me but ~whispers~ I've never really got into Harry potter!

Can I have anything I fancy or is there rules