Mags1

to the Weekenders

If you’re like myself, you probably feel that you’re in a surreal world, a dream world, and that you’ll wake up and everything will be back to normal, or the normal we knew.







Wondering what the future will hold for us in the post Codiv world, is a mystery so far.







The only sure thing I know in these times, is that I am Sober. And will be Sober for the duration of the Codiv Virus and beyond.



One less stress in our worlds is surely worth staying sober for.









Join us this weekend to celebrate our Sobriety.





If this is your first weekend sober, or many, come join us for support and chat...as we know the weekends can be a struggle sometimes. (We’re here all week too!)

andyh

thanks Mags.

MidnightBlue

Thank you so much for the new thread, Mags!

Shotgun?!

freedomfries

God is it May 21st already? This year is going so fast. I guess time flies when you're wasting your life drinking. :/

MidnightBlue

I think I am among those who are not some much afraid of uncertainty and losing the "world as I know it".

"Normal" world messed me up so much that nothing abnormal can hurt me more than that..

It's important to focus on values which will stay unshaken during any degree of certainty or lack of it altogether.

Sobriety is certainly one of those values.

Stay safe!

Dee74

thank you Mags

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Reid82

Thanks for the update, Mags.

saoutchik

IN!
Thank you for the OP Mags. Apart from a reduced income (which is a pretty big "apart") I am quite enjoying the different reality of our somewhat tepid lockdown. Like MidnightBlue I was no great fan of "normal."

It has been usual for Thursday to be a go in to work day but unfortunately I will have to go in tomorrow now.

I am currently walking west down Old Street and the Clerkenwell Road so I will post a couple of pics from here instead of my usual canal snaps.

Here is Florin Court. Some of you may recognise it from the Batman prequel series Pennyworth. My fellow Brits will recognise it as the residence of fictional Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

saoutchik

Just round the corner lived Priss Fotheringham.

She was a woman of many and varied talents, all of which you will have to Google i'm afraid

Kaily

Thanks for the new thread Mags.

I went out early this morning for a stroll in the grounds of a local Manor house.





Alfie of the Manor surveying his land.




https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forty_Hall

Cityboy

Looks like Alfie is having thoughts of chasing those geese.

CaptainHaddock

Thanks Mags, I‘m in.

Good to see you Midnight. Yes, there are certainly a few things that I like about the “new normal”. How is your 8 week fitness challenge coming along?

Beautiful pics as usual, Kaily, and thanks for joining in Freedomfries.

Sao, of course I could not resist taking your cue, so I did a bit of research. Interesting that a plaque was put up for Ms Fotheringham. She had a tough life, but at least it seems there was a somewhat happy ending.

andyh

'... bound over "for being a notorious strumpet"' made me laugh.

I used to go to Whitecross St market quite often, but not in her time.

Kaily

He did exactly that!

Her looks faded due to illness and gin, sounds like me . I'm not sure her ending was that happy Captain, I can think of better ways to go.

biminiblue

Thanks for the pictures, Sao and Kaily. I've stopped taking my phone with me when I go out. I don't like the touch-everything-touch-my-phone-then-have-to-swab-it, I feel like it's not good to keep adding moisture to a sensitive electronic device.

I loved Agatha Christie when I was young. My neighbor and I would read the same books, so we would talk about them. As you can imagine, there were a few spoilers given out when reading the same books at the same time. That's annoying with murder mysteries that are as well written as hers!

In for the Weekend of not drinking.

venuscat

Kaily, how incredible that you are able to walk on those grounds....how divine.
Are there owners who don't mind people walking there?

It has been pouring here for days now.....needing Noah at this point. Sigh.

MLD51

I'm in. Super busy with work this morning, because I had the audacity to take a day off yesterday. Now I am paying for it by having a ton of stuff to catch up on.
I'll read and respond later.

Forwards

Thanks for the new thread Mags - I'm in!

It's hard to believe that we have reached another weekend. Are we really nearing the end of May? The days seem to be blurring in to one at the moment. I have my daily routine pretty much optimised but thank goodness for fresh air and exercise which is now unlimited here. I visited our largest local park yesterday and was charmed to see the kids have been drawing chalk rainbows for the NHS workers on the pavements there. I wish I had taken some pictures now.

Lovely to see the golden morning sunlight on your walk Kaily with your attentive Alfie by your side. Thanks Sao for the glimpses of London - always fascinating. I'm looking forward to hearing from everyone who joins us here this weekend.

Bye for now. Stay safe. Forwards.

Kaily

I put a link in under the pics Venus, it is no longer a Manor house and is owned by the local council. At 7.30 this morning it was so quiet you could almost imagine the Lord and Lady walking across the lawn...If I went there now at 4.30 in the afternoon it would be a very different picture.

Hope the rain stops soon, at least it is good for the garden.

MidnightBlue

Sao, Kaily - Beautiful pictures

I also love Agatha Christie and a fan of Poirot series and always like that building when it showed up on the screen.

Captain - My challenge is going great so far. I am 2,5 weeks in my abs started showing again) It's quite tough in terms of discipline required to maintain a nutrition plan (I don't call it a diet because it's just a solid eating regime with no nonsense food) and do 6 workouts a week, but I am quite surprised at the payoff already.

Suze - It's been cold and raining here for almost a week here. I am not complaining though - as far as I don't need to venture out there early in the morning)