shuvonshuvoff motorhome adventures

One hundred days of lockdown and things are beginning to reopen, schools, shops, pubs and now soon campsites but my anxiety is beginning to rear its ugly head again. I have been fortunate that I have been staying in my motorhome on a campsite with very few people, in a lovely part of Lancashire, just outside of Lancaster. I have spent the last one hundred days exploring the area and discovering so much about the history of the places I have visited.  Like the beautiful castle in Lancaster. It dates back to Roman times and is owned by the Duchy of Lancaster, the Queen. The trials of the Lancashire witches took place here almost four hundred years ago and there have been hundreds of executions at the castle for things like stealing cattle to murder. It has served as a prison since the mid 17th century until as recently as 2011. Sadly I could not do a tour of the castle because of COVID lockdown but I will be back to find out more about its fascinating history. I also discovere...

The other day I had a particularly sad day and I just did not know why. There was no reason for me to feel like that but I realised that I have an underlying anxiety that I am finding hard to get rid of. We have been on lockdown since March 23rd and now some things are reopening and things are supposedly improving. Death rates are falling and people are going back to work. But I have a feeling of dread. I think I have become accustomed to my way of life in the motorhome away from everyone. Only venturing out to the shops once a week. Then making sure my bike rides take me to the most sparsely populated areas so that I see very few people. I am trying to envisage what my life will be like when we are allowed to move around freely. Part of me wants to stay in this safe cocoon but the other part of me feels rudderless and lost and wants to embark on my travels and adventures again and meet new people. One thing that has hit me most during all this is the attitude towards olde...