The above, posted earlier, is the positives. We're in a village of 3,000+, of which there's an expat community of around 300. The majority of the expat community is retired, some of them in their late 80's and early 90's. And some of them are very frail. Some of them haven't been outside their front gate since mid-March last year, and in many cases they haven't had hardly a visitor in that time too - some life.
This last lockdown has been very different in so much as everyone knows someone who's had Covid - previously, it was almost remote/distant. Sadly, in the last few weeks many of us know several people who've succumbed to it too. Characters across the community are no longer with us, e.g. Beer Belly Bob, Taxi Juan, Pedro the Pirate and so many more. Even the mayor, early 40's, has been seriously ill with it. 4 recoveries within our bowling club, 2 of which are in their 90's.
Anyway, I digress a little. I mention the above impact, and names, as a reminder that its real people, inc. friends, we are losing or who are having a very restricted time in their twilight years. Many of us have children, albeit grown up, in the UK we haven't seen for a very long time.
