What have you missed out on whilst in lockdown?

[Steve H]

Yes but you asked people what they missed out on during lockdown, so your bringing social distancing into it isn't relevant with reference to your OP.

(I agree SDistancing is an issue when mixed with drinking but that's not what your thread is about)

TBF, threads don't often stick rigidly to their supposed topic. Look at the e-scooters thread!

[SusanDoris]

I haven't seen my greatgrandson. They were due to  come to Salisbury in April, but although I have managed to peer at little bits of video on my son's tablet thing, it will be lovely to hold him.

I've very much missed my reader's visits, but she came today, so we're back  to normal there.

[Aruntraveller]

TBF, threads don't often stick rigidly to their supposed topic. Look at the e-scooters thread!

I know. Just feeling awkward, or maybe provoked into awkwardness 

[Roses]

I suppose compared with others I am fortunate because I haven't missed too much due to lockdown. Apart from not seeing our youngest girl and her family as they live just over the border in England, and changing my supermarket shopping regime, very little about my life is different.

Our girl is hoping to pop over to see her elderly parents on Friday afternoon, weather permitting. She will stay outside communicating with us through the open rear patio doors.

[Harrowby Hall]

Something else I have missed during lockdown - knowing which day of the week it is   

[Roses]

We had to remember which day of the week it is for us well before lockdown, as one day is very much like another these days.

[jeremyp]

Having a beer in a pub with my brother.

[Owlswing]

My children!

[Nearly Sane]

My children!

Hope they are well

[Owlswing]

 Hope they are well

The eldest has just received a promotion and is in the process of getting up to speed; the middle one is still working from home which gives ger the plus of not having to put up with indigestion from the canteen food; the youngest has got an interview next week with a new school to start at the begining of the September term (a pagan working in a Catholic school !!!???)!

Thus they are all, so far, well!

Thanks for asking - their mother and aunt are still being watched after having been isolated by the hospitals they work in! 

[ad_orientem]

Here in Finland everything started to reopen at the beginning of June and thankfully there's been no noticiable increase in infections (new infections have only been a handfull a day). But when the bars and restaurants were shut, it was those I missed. Having a beer or a meal with friends or playing pool etc. I'm quite a restless person by nature and can't stand to be at home all day.

[Roses]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-53315702

Some pubs have had to close as customers have tested positive for the virus.

[Steve H]

Also, full English breakfasts in my local cafe. I've just got back from having my first since lockdown started.
Read about full breakfasts or "fry-ups" online: they are popular throughout the anglophone world, with regional and national variations: Full English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Ulster and Cornish all exist, all similar but with variations (the Welsh one usually includes laverbread, and the Scottish one may include haggis, and the Cornish one, gurty pudding, which is sort of Cornish haggis). America, Canada, and Australia also have their variants, recognisably related to the rest: the Yank one is likely to include hash browns (increasingly common here too), and maybe grits. It will be accompanied by coffee, rather than tea.
Continentals have continental breakfasts, a feeble excuse for a meal, consisting of a roll or croissant. Hooray for the traditional anglophone heart-attack-on-a-plate!

[ad_orientem]

Also, full English breakfasts in my local cafe. I've just got back from having my first since lockdown started.
Read about full breakfasts or "fry-ups" online: they are popular throughout the anglophone world, with regional and national variations: Full English, Welsh, Scottish, Irish, Ulster and Cornish all exist, all similar but with variations (the Welsh one usually includes laverbread, and the Scottish one may include haggis, and the Cornish one, gurty pudding, which is sort of Cornish haggis). America, Canada, and Australia also have their variants, recognisably related to the rest: the Yank one is likely to include hash browns (increasingly common here too), and maybe grits. It will be accompanied by coffee, rather than tea.
Continentals have continental breakfasts, a feeble excuse for a meal, consisting of a roll or croissant. Hooray for the traditional anglophone heart-attack-on-a-plate!

I often order those fry-up ingredients online that you can't get over here (proper English sausages, black and white pudding). Unfortunately the company I order from has temporarily suspended fresh deliveries abroad). Hopefully they'll start soon. Starting to run out.

Great page on Facebook called The Fry-Up Police. People send in their photos of fry-ups and everyone else rips them to shreds.

[Steve H]

Via British Corner Shop, by any chance? I used them for a while when I couldn't get Yorkshire loose tea in local shops a year or so ago. (Tea bags are an abomination.) I ordered 10 bags at a time, which took the order over £30, which meant free delivery. Excellent service.

[Roses]

What is wrong with teabags? We much prefer them to loose tea, which we haven't used in years, we don't even possess a teapot.

[ad_orientem]

Via British Corner Shop, by any chance? I used them for a while when I couldn't get Yorkshire loose tea in local shops a year or so ago. (Tea bags are an abomination.) I ordered 10 bags at a time, which took the order over £30, which meant free delivery. Excellent service.

Yes, British Corner Shop. As you say, excellent service.

[Steve H]

What is wrong with teabags? We much prefer them to loose tea, which we haven't used in years, we don't even possess a teapot.

Barbarians! The only way to make decent tea is with loose tea (so the leaves can infuse properly) in a warmed teapot, two generous teaspoonfuls per pint (so four in a standard pot) with water boiling as it is poured on to the leaves, and brewed for 3-5 minutes. Made any other way, it is gnat-piss, not tea. My old mate George was right, as usual:  https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/tea/english/e_tea

[Roses]

Barbarians! The only way to make decent tea is with loose tea (so the leaves can infuse properly) in a warmed teapot, two generous teaspoonfuls per pint (so four in a standard pot) with water boiling as it is poured on to the leaves, and brewed for 3-5 minutes. Made any other way, it is gnat-piss, not tea. My old mate George was right, as usual:  https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/tea/english/e_tea

In your opinion, definitely NOT mine.

[Steve H]

In your opinion, definitely NOT mine.

Buy a teapot, a tea strainer and some loose tea (I recommend Yorkshire tea), and try making it the way George and I recommend. I promise you you'll notice the difference. I used to use bags in a mug, but then bought a teapot and some loose tea, and was amazed at the improvement.

[Roses]

Buy a teapot, a tea strainer and some loose tea (I recommend Yorkshire tea), and try making it the way George and I recommend. I promise you you'll notice the difference. I used to use bags in a mug, but then bought a teapot and some loose tea, and was amazed at the improvement.

No thanks too much hassle, and besides which we are more than happy with our teabags, we aren't keen on Yorkshire tea either.

[Aruntraveller]

we aren't keen on Yorkshire tea either.

You do surprise me.

[ad_orientem]

You two would be great as the Odd Couple.

[Roses]

You do surprise me.

We always have Tetley teabags, which I buy in bulk.

[Spud]

Barbarians! The only way to make decent tea is with loose tea (so the leaves can infuse properly) in a warmed teapot, two generous teaspoonfuls per pint (so four in a standard pot) with water boiling as it is poured on to the leaves, and brewed for 3-5 minutes. Made any other way, it is gnat-piss, not tea. My old mate George was right, as usual:  https://www.orwell.ru/library/articles/tea/english/e_tea

I think tea bags have too much in them for a single cup, bit of a waste.