Before the human disease thing, F used to go cycling on Sunday mornings - because the streets and roads were quiet. She would ride to Perama and take the ferry to Salamis. I've taken the journey in the van when Mr B came home. I've heard her describe how quiet the roads were, and comments on men waiting outside churches to pick up the wives after Sunday service.
In the very first lockdown you could have taken a long nap in the middle of a Sunday morning street.
In our second lockdown Sunday mornings seem busier than they ever were before all this weirdness. Last night (well today in fact at about 0430), we worked out why. Humans have been curfewed to 1900 at weekends in our city. Yesterday that was changed back to 2100. Here people reacted like it had been lifted completely. The street was like a party. 2300, and large groups of young men were out laughing and shouting and letting off (marine) distress flares and stopping traffic.... every motorbike in Attica seemed to form a ragged motorcade that sounded like a flypast of WWII bombers and went on in dribs and drabs even after the 'foot traffic' had largely departed the scene and those noisy cars that blare the concert-stadium-loud music were still going by at 0435.
In normal times with bars and nightclubs to go to, all these people would still be sleeping off their Saturday night at midday on Sunday and old fogies like my F can get up early and enjoy some peace and quiet. In these not normal times they are just walking and driving around keeping EVERYONE awake.
They are going cycling again - I'm curled up on the bed watching through squinty eyes as Mr B digs out his go-cycling clothes. Now what mischief shall I instigate?
People are now getting sick of all the
ReplyDeleteLockdowns. But the disease is still out there
Hopefully you don’t get another wave
Subsequent waves (if any) will start affecting younger and younger people as the older ones are being vaccinated. They (the young folk) are also the ones that are out in droves...their immune systems should be tougher and lets hope that is true.
Deleteyou have the best place to stay while humans go cycling, plus you look adorable. this pandemic has created until chaos in our lives, things like this have destroyed NORMAL. this is crazy to me but you should see our beaches. i have not seen them just reports on tv...
ReplyDeleteThat is my elevator bag (it gets me down from high places).
Deletessee: https://tiggerswee-blog.blogspot.com/2017/05/elevator-service.html
DeleteCycling is joy that helps us forget - and put things in perspective too. The feel of the wind, the sun and the hum of tyres on tarmac. I hope always to enjoy riding my bike, no matter how slowly that may become.
ReplyDeleteToday, to avoid the traffic we took a route round (inside) the ferry port and docks to a newly developed waterside park. Some interesting stuff to photograph. I've always cycled for personal transport and arranged my life to accommodate it - living where I can cycle to work etc (even in London!) We have shopping bikes, off-roaders, and road bikes ... talk about excess.
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ReplyDeleteI hear ya, Tigger; last weekend oor wee Nicola said we could meet outside in groups no larger than four and from no more than two households. So on Sunday everybody had a mother's day/ Six Nations hooley and met up in gangs inside. Schools are pretty much back and the weather is slightly improved and folk just wan't it all done with now. Roll on the third wave... hugs and whiskeries, YAM-aunty xxx
At least they are powering through the vax program in UK. Mr B is on his way 'home' next week to get his first one. F has received her invitation to book one but has had to decline (and is really sad about that.)
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