Bishopsteignton Lockdown Diary
Last night’s Government announcement and other news. The thoughts and feelings of the village as it faces the nineteenth day of lockdown. Logged in visitors can post their comments below.
While responses to the Coronavirus Lockdown develop over the next few weeks, we want to record thoughts and actions in Bishopsteignton one day at a time. Please leave two or three sentences and any images you may have in the comments section below. Tomorrow we shall lock these comments and publish Day Twenty.
News since last nights announcement
Coronavirus: Top stories this morning – BBC Breakfast | BBC
Coronavirus: The UK’s Easter lockdown from above – BBC News
Coronavirus: US death toll passes 2,000 in a single day – BBC News
Posts on social media by local businesses and organisations made on this day
From Teignmouth Oracle
www.facebook.com/TeignmouthOracle/posts/2846947305353061
www.facebook.com/TeignmouthOracle/posts/2846937508687374
www.facebook.com/TeignmouthOracle/posts/2846964305351361
www.facebook.com/TeignmouthOracle/posts/2846974465350345
www.facebook.com/TeignmouthOracle/posts/2846799895367802
www.facebook.com/TeignmouthOracle/posts/2846805528700572
An hour’s exercise followed by a day of editing (and being talked to about editing) video from Thursday night. Pleasant family Skype chat with the family on my niece’s 18th birthday. She was sent a video montage from her friends and had the street in which she lives in Cornwall sing her a distanced happy birthday – not quite what one expects on their big birthday but great people can and do find a way to show they care when Plan A is off the table.
A quiet day today spent doing some gardening and enjoying yet another sunny day. We could see the police helicopter patrolling the estuary and Teignmouth beaches – presumably looking for any gatherings that would need to be dispersed.