Days twenty-five and twenty-six of our lock-down experience sort of blended into each other.

Day 25 Friday 17th April

It was announced yesterday, that our lock-down experience has been so enjoyable, that it will be extended for another three weeks. Then probably another three weeks after that. So our planned trip to France and, Spain in the Big Green Bus is almost definitely off. In fact, I’m not sure when we will next be able to go off for a trip, even in the U.K. Cropredy Festival, which we were planning on going to, has been postponed until 2021. The new dates are

12 – 14 August 2021

It is two months after the other big event of 2021, so we should be able to make it.

As you may remember, the ceiling of the bedroom collapsed two days ago. Yesterday we had the rest of it pulled down, in preparation for a new ceiling being fitted. Today, we had to remove all the wallpaper between the picture rail and the ceiling. This was necessary to see any cracks in the plaster. After the repairs are complete, we can redecorate. This should have been a simple task. However, at some point in the past ninety years, someone used gloss paint over it. Gloss paint made it difficult/impossible to soak the paper to ease its removal. Scoring through the paint into the paper allowed some water to penetrate. However, the job was still long and difficult. We called it a day at about seven, with less than half of it done.

Soundtrack for stripping wallpaper

They kept us going.

Day 26 Saturday18th April

Lather, rinse, repeat except we actually finished.

Another Saturday with no football. Today we should have been playing the team from Buckinghamshire. Everyone should practice social distancing from them, even during normal times.