Category: COVID-19

It is another gloomy, overcast, autumn day. The wind is blowing, making it rather cool outside, so we had breakfast indoors. A second SA death occurred, and our reported number of cases had increased by 93. The first township cases were reported; my worst fear. We are being bombarded by information and I find myself… Continue reading 30 March 2020 – Day 4

It is Sunday, quiet as Sundays usually are, but more so today. Even the Hadedas are taking a break it seems! At least with the good weather we could have breakfast on the patio, unlike yesterday which was windy, cold and miserable. I saw a picture of some very apt graffiti on Facebook this morning:… Continue reading 29 March 2020 – Day 3

We stopped going to gym when the State of Disaster was announced. The gym has since closed. Parkrun had also been suspended, apparently for the first time since its inception in the UK in 2004. It was started in South Africa by Bruce Fordyce in 2011. For the few days before the lockdown came into… Continue reading 28 March 2020 – Day 2

This is not a travel story. In fact, it is the complete opposite; it is a stay-at-home story. Suddenly it’s become an advantage not to have traveled recently. 27 March 2020 – Day 1 We woke up to an eerie silence. No taxi hooters. No buses accelerating in Bath Avenue. In fact, no traffic sounds… Continue reading COVID-19 Lockdown