Post by Dave on May 19, 2020 17:32:43 GMT
Roundham & Goodrington Walk 19th May 2020
When I walked around Oldway Mansions on Sunday, I ended up talking with a man for nearly a whole hour. One thing he said to me was I should see this time as a rehearsal for my retirement. I had not seen it that way before but what he said did make sense, but then none of us ever thought we would be where we are right now.
On the days I was working before I ended up being furloughed I would often think about all the things I wanted to do when I no longer had to go to work. But that would have been in the normal world we were all used too and not the one we are living in now.
While I was happy to say at home when asked by the government and after a number of weeks of doing so many household improvements etc, once they were completed, my levels of motivation sadly dropped. I found I was always making plans for the next day, but more often than not I did not carry them out.
Part of the reason was due to the fact I did not think it was right to walk around taking photos and more importantly flying my drone. But now the lockdown has been reduced a bit, I think it is acceptable to now do that.
I do feel very lucky living in Paignton, there are so many nice places to walk right on my doorstep and while I have done these walks so many times before, I could never get tired of them. Today’s plan was to go out very early with the drone when few people would be out and about, but the sky was very grey and not what I was hoping for. But during the morning the sun came out along with some blue sky, so I decided to do an afternoon walk instead.
I ended up walking from Roundham down to Goodrington Beach and back, there were a good number of people out enjoying the afternoon sunshine and some enjoying being in the sea. While people are rightly making sure they keep the correct distance from each other, I have found on the whole, most always say hello as you pass them. When walking out in the country that was always the norm before we had this virus to deal with, it was not that normal on walks like I did today.
It is hard to get away from this virus, it’s the main part of any news program each day and so many averts refer to it, but go out on a walk and it is not hard to forget all about for a while at least. I have promised myself that I will make sure I go out as often as possible; it will be my way of trying to live as normal a life as I am able to.
