rashbre central: pictures in the sky

Sunday, 20 September 2020

pictures in the sky

I've travelled around since lockdown was derestricted. A few observations:

TRAVEL
  • Boarding a train when half the people on the platform were not wearing masks. 
  • Another train where everyone followed the rules.
  • Seeing a number 57 bus with one passenger
  • Almost forgetting to wear a mask to go into a petrol station
  • Hardly ever re-fuelling the car
  • Waiting for streams of WAH* golfers to cross at that usually quiet pedestrian crossing
  • Passing my empty ex-commuter car-park at 15:20 when it would normally have 500+ cars
  • Driving along an empty M25
  • Seeing the warning signs for the Channel Ferries saying lorries can't cross because of capacity limits
  • Seeing the warning signs for Operation stack (where they use the M20 as a lorry park)
  • Travelling outside on the deck of a ferry (like most passengers) without wearing a mask
REFRESHMENTS
  • Using the self-managed quick scan in bars to show attendance for tracks and trace.
  • Getting used to quickly assessing a bar's capability to handle social distancing (1=token, 4=reliable)
  • Being overwhelmed by the number of instruction messages outside a hotel's reception
  • Being surprised at the variety of different schemes used by restaurants to implement their opening policies.
  • Being surprised by several times qualifying for the 'eat-out' rebates of £10 per person.
SOCIAL
  • Seeing no pedestrians around the shopping centre.
  • Watching sports fans crowd around a football ground, not wearing masks.
  • Mainly empty beaches, or at least socially distanced beaches
  • Watching a socially distanced open-air theatre show
  • Being turned away from National Trust for not booking
  • Being able to get into Tate without prior booking (thank you!)
  • Mostly conducting regular get-togethers via Zoom
  • Discussing the mise-en-scène of Zoom setups
  • Discussing getting one of those Dan Dare face plexi-shields
  • Deciding that it ain't normal.

*WAH - Outlook abbreviation for Working At Home

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