Staying Home: Day 97

Lesson of the day ... trying to light a BBQ with firelighters made out of newspaper doesn't work! We planned a late BBQ lunch today, but by the time we had failed abysmally at lighting it and gone to Plan B, it was a much later lunch than we intended. As we didn't have any proper firelighters, Plan B (thanks to Google) turned out to be to use a candle broken into pieces. It worked, but we ended up cooking part of the food on the hob as we were too hungry to wait for the BBQ to be properly ready. The charcoal we were using seemed to be quite slow burning, which didn't help. The weather is supposed to be hot and sunny all next week and we are planning a couple more BBQ meals, so hopefully with a bit more practice we will get better at lighting and timing it! 

We had a lovely, slow start to the day, and I spent a while soaking in the bath with a Body Shop bath bomb / bubble thing. My brother joined us for lunch. He lives locally and we have seen him a few times and had quick chats at a distance, but this was the first time he had been over since the lockdown started. Lunch was steak (or veggie burger), corn on the cob, and salads, washed down with beer. After my brother left out neighbours came round and we drank Pimms and ate cupcakes - H had been baking again this morning and made Biscoff cupcakes (she has a bit of a Biscoff obsession at the moment!).

While we were chatting in the garden to the neighbours, H and her BF drove a few miles to some woods for a walk. After they got back and the neighbours left, M and I went for a two mile walk round our local woods. We both decided we were tired and needed a shorter walk today.

This evening I watched the last two episodes of Staged, a short TV series filmed in lockdown with actors Michael Sheen and David Tennant playing themselves supposedly rehearsing a play via Zoom - very clever and very entertaining. It even had a cameo role for the wonderful Judi Dench. I finished my day with a yin yoga class and am now feeling very relaxed. Back to work-at-home tomorrow.