Though Milngavie town centre is quiet there are a couple of cafes, and the ice cream parlour, which have opened up to serve people on a 'carry out' basis. The weather is fine so queuing and sitting outside is not unpleasant. And it certainly is nice to meet and greet all the folk in the precinct.
I met a friend and we ordered our coffees ("Just chap on the door, Missus") to enjoy on a nearby bench.
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| First meeting with a friend for coffee in 3 months |
Maybe later this week the 2 metre distance rule will be relaxed allowing pubs, restaurants and hotels to open and make our movements a little less restricted. Of all the constraints in Lockdown, I find the hardest one is having to step aside for (increasing numbers of!) cyclists, mums with push-chairs, people with dogs either on a lead or not on a lead, while walking on the narrow pathways. If you don't hear them coming behind you or you come around a bend, it can be a bit startling!) Later: skateboarders are worse!
Certainly there are more cyclists about. When driving I am now extremely careful about keeping an eye out for them especially when opening my car door! It is often hard to predict what they are going to do, say, at a round-about or an intersection. Kids tend to just wheel straight through the lights, the 'green man' signal or, one case I watched, the lad just scooted straight across the roundabout in the opposite direction of the flow!
Milngavie precinct during Lockdown
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Iain in back yard checking dinghy for leaks
Once lockdown is lifted and the children can visit freely maybe I should ask permission to use this garden feature as a paddling pool...?
One Red Hot Poker plant has flowered in the garden but John's photo of them in Orkney some years ago is much better!
Red Hot Poker's wonderful red colour outside a tin shed in Walls, Orkney
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