So there we go, what should have been a day at Burnham for round 2 of the South West regional series has fallen to the now inforced effective lockdown situation that the Corona Virus has brought about. The best I can bring you is a small edit I made at last years Burnham round. CLICK HERE for a direct link to it on YOUTUBE. Olympics and Euros have both been postponed until next year ,the worlds have been ‘postponed’ BC have pushed back the date of suspended events to end of June at the earliest which regionally puts pay to Exeter, Decoy, Cornwall, Bideford and Bristol rounds and Birmingham, Scotland and Cyclopark on the national circuit. I think it’s safe to say there’s not going to be any racing any time soon. I would like to point out at this point the weather today was dry and sunny, I’ll admit it was cold in the wind, but that’s now the first two regional rounds that actually would have been DRY, typical. I wouldn’t even like to guess how racing is going to play out, and whilst given the health of the nation is hugely more important than racing, at some point in the future the people who sit in the appropriate places will have to make decisions about the knock on effect with respect to qualifications to events due to be taking place in 2021, strange times.

I will go on record now and say I am amazed that we have managed to pretty much get through this first week of isolation/social distancing. I honestly expected us all to be wanting to throttle each other but it’s been OK. I’ve begun getting on with all those jobs around the house that you just normally put off, probably because when you’re working your free time is more valuable and those sort of things are way down the list. Now however I’m looking for things to occupy the day, Vicki says to me ‘you can’t relax can you?’ Yes I can and actually doing these odd jobs is in a way relaxing, they serve as a purpose in the day, you don’t have the usual time restraints of rushing to get the job done by the end of the day because I can always finish it tomorrow. I’ve got a couple of runs in this week, got back on INSANITY workouts and gained an invaluable respect from Henry when we went out for a ride together in my domain, on the road. Oh how sweet it was to keep turning around to him and say ‘come on keep up’, he slept well that night believe me. Henry and I are managing to get out pretty much every day on a bike of some kind, my track stands are definitely improving, practice hasn’t made perfect yet but it’s made it a damn site better than this time last week I won’t be beaten. Henry is improving his flat manuals day by day and is also just managing to hold me off in our little sprint battles. We’re both also trying to master the unicycle, it’s been sat in the loft for I don’t know how long and what better time to learn new skills. All of these things have been made far easier though with the decent weather lately. Imagine if we were going through this isolation period back when we were getting the monsoons. Trying to socially isolate when you’re flooded out of your home, queing up outside your local supermarket when its lashing it down, really being stuck inside because its just too awful to go out, that would have been isolation on another level.

Thursday nights show of appreciation for NHS workers was brilliant, in fact when Vicki and I have been out for the odd walk this week people in general have been way more friendly than normal. Everyone has been of the 2 metre distance when passing and saying ‘hello’ and ‘thanks’, sad thing is that it takes a global crisis to get the best out of people, however if this can’t pull people together then there really wouldn’t be much hope right?? Anyone who is still playing any kind of working role now should be thanked really. Although the virus does appear on the whole to be more detrimental to the elderly and those with other existing medical conditions, it’s not limited to those alone and so anyone now who still has any dealing with the public in any way is putting themselves at a greater risk of becoming ill and thus should be respected for fulfilling whatever role the play. One small thing that has also caught my attention is new TV ads. Over the last week particularly in the morning there has been an alarming number of new adverts for things like life insurance, will writing, cremations, and funerals, jeeeeeeez, slightly concerning hey.

For those of you who do regularly read these and had a go at the riddle from last time the answer was “THE MOON”. For those who got it, congrats, for those that didn’t unlucky, for anyone reading this for the first time, go back to the previous post and see if you would have guessed it, for everyone else it’s the name given when someone flashes you their backside.

Many thanks to those who have ordered the new T-Shirt design CV-19 I hope you like it when it arrives. If you do find yourselves with time on your hands I have a new feature on the SUB22 website. You can now design your own T-shirt!!!!! Get your kids on it let them be inspired for a few hours and best of all you can get your design printed and shipped. Being based online, for now we are still able to fulfil orders, so what are you waiting for??? CLICK HERE to get directed straight to the design studio now. Keep safe everyone, we are stronger together, and together we will get through this and remember when things do get fraught at home ‘ you’re not stuck at home, you’re safe at home.’