Make a point of visiting us weekly!        Tell a friend about us. Perspectives for Uncertain Days - Contents Thoughts for all - a sort of rambling Journal, mapping where we have been in 2020 & now 2021

On Monday 23rd March 2020 the Government required that we are all remain in our own homes except if we had to go out for essentials - food, medicines, essential work, or help those in need. Our starting point will be this Contents Page to identify where we have been and where we are today. As we have gone on it appears more of a somewhat rambling Journal that records the nature of the concerns as this time passes as well as recording Government requirements through this ongoing period of time. Simply click on the page number on the left to go to the Journal articles you want. A number of times we are referring to the requirements coming from the Government and so as a shortcut for those who want to check and read further, we include on this page links to Government documents.

Page No.

Dates Covered

Day

Subjects Covered









70

Mon 11th

APR

Has Much Changed?

69

Thurs 3rd

MAR

The End of the Pandemic?

68

Tues 30th

NOV

Quo Vadis

67

Mon 20th

SEPT

Eighteen Months on

66

Mon 19th

JULY

July 19th lifting of conditions - 'Freedom Day'

65

Wed 14th


PM's Press Conference - Step 4 paused

64

Wed 2nd

JUNE

Three Weeks (almost) & Counting

63

Mon 10th

MAY

From the PM’s Speech today

62

Sat 17th


What is Significant (Ponderings)

61

Mon 5th

APR

Key Points of PM’s Speech today

60

Mon 22nd

FEB

Four-Step Road Map out of Lockdown

59

Wed 27th


One Hundred Thousand & Counting

58

Tues 5th


Living with Lockdown - Update

57

Mon 4th

JAN

New National Tier 5 Lockdown

56

Saturday 19th


PM's Tier 4 Briefing

55

Mon 14th

DEC

Health Secretary's Tiers Briefing

54

Mon  23rd

NOV

PM's Winter Plans & Essex Tier 2

53A

Sat 31st evening!


PM announces  national lock-down

53

Saturday 31st


Brace Yourself for Winter

52

Saturday 17th


That was the Week that was

51

Friday 16th


Essex going into 'High Risk'

50

Thursday 8th

OCT

Getting Ready for Winter? - a ramble

49

Tuesday 22nd


PM's Commons Briefing - More Restrictions

48

Monday 21st


Latest Health Briefing

47

Wednesday 9th


PM's Rule of 6

46

Monday 7th

SEP

Uncertainty is as strong as ever

46

Thursday 27th

AUG

That was August

45

Friday 31st

130

PM Applies the Brake Pedal

44

Thursday 16th

115

On Wearing Face Masks

44

Friday 10th

109

Release, Wondering, & Warning

43

Friday 3rd

102

PM's Further  Lock-down Easing Speech

42

Wed 1st JULY

100

Assessing the Days Ahead

41

Tuesday 23rd

92

Latest Restrictions Lifted

40

Friday 19th

88

Covid Alert Level down from 4 to 3

39

Friday 19th

88

Absence of Future

40

Thursday 18th

87

Confusion Reigns: Medics v Teachers

39

Tuesday 16th

85

An Update

38

Wednesday 10th

79

PM's Speech lifting more restrictions

37

Monday 8th

77

Week Twelve – A Major Summary.

35

Sunday 7th

76

Struggles in Understanding

36

Saturday 6th

75

Summary of the Pandemic so far

35

Friday 5th

74

Appreciating People, Life & Technology

34

Thursday 4th

73

Appreciating Life


Wednesday 3rd

72

Appreciating People

33

Tuesday 2nd

71

Appreciation


Monday 1st JUNE

70

A New Day, New Hopes

32

Sunday 31st

69

Inspiration from an Unexpected Source


Saturday 30th

68

And on to Vaccines

31

Friday 29th

67

All about Testing


Thursday 28th

66

Clarifying Basics, Past and Future - Shortened

30

Thursday 28th

66

Clarifying Basics, Past and Future

29

Wednesday 27th

65

Midweek Viewing Point


Tuesday 26th

64

Ongoing Wars

28

Monday 25th

63

Facts, Figures & Worrying Questions


Sunday 24th

62

Adapting - Part 2

27

Saturday 23rd

61

Struggling for Normality


Friday 22nd

60

Scratching Around

26

Thursday 21st

59

Strange Days


Wednesday 20th

58

Don't Lose the Day

25

Tuesday 19th

57

Battlefields


Monday 18th

56

The New Normal

24

Sunday 17th

55

An Awakening World?


Saturday 16th

54

Looking Ahead to the Week to Come

23

Friday 15th

53

Looking Ahead to the Changes


Thursday 14th

52

Looking Ahead with Boris

22

Wednesday 13th

51

Looking Ahead with Government


Tuesday 12th

50

Looking Ahead - Realities

21

Monday 11th

49

Looking Ahead - PM’s Sun. evening speech


Sunday 10th

48

Taking Stock

20

Saturday 9th

47

Facing the War


Friday 8th

46

VE Day & May Day

19

Thursday 7th

45

Déjà Vu and Quo Vadis


Wednesday 6th

44

Thinking Thoughts - being British

18

Tuesday 5th

43

Thinking Thoughts - facing reality


Monday 4th

42

Time for Thinking Thoughts

17

Sunday 3rd

41

How to be a hermit


Saturday 2nd

40

Things I Miss

16

Friday 1st  MAY

39

Adapting


Thursday 30th

38

More on Resources

15

Wednesday 29th

37

Saluting the Resourcers


Tuesday 28th

36

Resourced & Resourceful

14

Monday 27th

35

A Look over the Shoulder


Sunday 26th

34

Rest!

13

Saturday 25th

33

That was the week that was!


Friday 24th

32

Ongoing Uncertainties


Thursday 23rd

31

You can't please everyone

12

Wednesday 22nd

30

Amazing Days


Tuesday 21st

29

Assessing the Days

11

Monday 20th

28

Day by Day?


Sunday 19th

27

Virtual Travel and Pilgrimage

10

Saturday 18th

26

Come, play the game!


Friday 17th

25

Not Travelling

9

Thursday 16th  

24

Reviewing where we are


Wednesday 15th

23

Coping Mechanisms

8

Tuesday 14th

22

The Miscellany of the Days


Monday 13th

21

Week Four - Ongoing


Sunday 12th

20

Gratitude & Camaraderie

7

Saturday 11th

19

A New Day of Communication & Community


Friday 10th  

18

Good Friday?


Thursday 9th

17

Identifying the Day

6

Wednesday 8th

16

Building Well-being


Tuesday 7th

15

Taking Hold of the Days


Monday 6th

14

Reviewing the Week Ahead

5

Sunday 5th

13

Making Use of the Days


Saturday 4th

12

Changes


Friday 3rd

11

Personal Awareness

4

Thursday 2nd

10

What will the Future Hold?

APRIL

Wednesday 1st

9

Questions & Uncertainty


Tuesday 31st

8

Pondering on the Changes

3

Monday 30th

7

Confronting the Issues


Sunday 29th

6

Caring for your Spirit

2

Saturday 28th

5

Caring for your Soul


Friday 27th

4

Mental Exercise

1

Thursday 26th

3

Physical Exercise


Wednesday 25th

2

The Challenge of Caring about others


Tuesday 24th

1

Where to Get Reliable Information

MARCH

Monday 23rd

0

Realities of Lock-down: PM's Speech


Early Links to Government Documents

mentioned in the Articles

3rd March - Policy Paper

Coronavirus Action Plan


23rd March - PM Speech

Announcing Shutdown


16th April - For.Sec Speech

The Five Tests


10th May - PM Speech

Announcing Covid Alert System


11th May - PM Speech

Enlarging on previous day


11th May - Major document

‘Our Plan to Rebuild’


25th May - PM Statement

Change Intentions


27th May - NHS Guidance

NHS test and trace: how it works


For later links see individual articles