(Be well Frumple. Fingers crossed. Not much to say, except
you didn't see a funny guy in a hat recently, did you?)
As 'nobody' expected (except pretty much almost everyone not in denial), the English lockdown phase supposed to last only until June 21st might well continue for another month as the third wave/delta-strain[1] rumbles across the land. (The other nations were already being more cautious, though.)
For the most part, apart from "Wear masks, keep your distance", though, I personally have difficulty seeing any difference between what is happening right now with people (local people, at least[2]) and 'normality'. Parklands are full of people enjoying the sun, the supermarkets are being shopped at incessently. Walking home from the supermarket, yesterday, the roads I had to cross (before the parklands before the (thankfully quiet) woodlands leading to the shortcut path to my home) at traditional commuter-time looked pretty much as busy as they might have done prior to 2020's drive to stop people uneccessarily driving around.
I mean, I haven't had any great compulsion to see a film, so I've no idea whether that's even possible yet. I've had exactly one visit to a Subway in the last year (compared to at least once a week prior to early last year). An upcoming sporting event due at the end of June has already been postponed, to join another couple of such from (nominally) earlier this year, though other examples did go ahead with appropriate cautions; I'm most interested in whether another one (not in my area) ends up happening in July, but that's a bit later along - and I'll be doubly-vaccinated myself by then, plus sufficient buffer-time to attain full effectiveness.
Today, I'm walking about nine miles to visit my mutual-bubble and get some exercise in, both. With the exception of the last stretch, mostly off the tourist-trails, but I'll be passing a garden centre, and its carpark is sure to be full, based on every other such weekend since (at least) April. Any prior year, I'd have popped in at some point to look for a birthday present, but I'm not keen on joining that crowd (even if mostly more-senior-than-me and thus already greater proofed against catching/giving anything than myself). That's just me, though.
[1] I'm half expecting we'll get an actual Omega Strain at some point.
[2] I wouldn't know if visitors are being discouraged (hurting the local tourist-centric industries) or bolstered (by those who who have 'rediscovered' holidays that aren't abroad), or both of these in the worst possible combination.
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