The Green Horse – 17 October 2019
Monday 30 March
Today dawned grey and
overcast.
After two days of sun, we had
quite a taste for it. It was nice to be
able to work in the garden and eat outside.
But we knew from the weather forecast that it was not to last, so we were
not surprised this morning.
My
task for today was to make the second Lockdown Video. The one I made last week was supposed to be
a “one off” to cheer up our walking friends at the end of two weeks of house
arrest. But the response we got was so
good that I decided to do another one this week, and may do one each week for
the duration of Lockdown.
Last
week I selected photographs from the 18 walks we have done this year. Obviously they were the best of the bunch,
and I was not sure what to do for the second video.
I
wanted them to be representative of both the Monday Ramblers and the Thursday
Explorers. The former started in
October 2019, so the selection would have to be no earlier than that. There might be a few more videos, so I
didn’t want to use too many walks for this one.
I
decided I would use two walks from October, one Monday and one Thursday. I would use all of the photos from each
one. I eventually decided on the first Monday
Ramblers walk, which was Jalon to Parcent.
And for Thursday the Green Horse, one of our favourites.
The
biggest problem was what music to use.
Jan solved the problem by suggesting “Walking back to Happiness” by
Helen Shapiro. It is one of the few
1960s hits that I do not have on the computer, so I had to download it.
The
second problem was making the number of photos fit the time of the
recording. It lasts 2 minutes and 34
seconds, considerably shorter than last week.
But fortunately the 40 photos from the two walks would be about right,
particularly with titles added.
You
can see the finished product at this link
Tuesday 31 March
Wet and windy today.
Jan
had to visit the farmacia to get some paracetamol, her first visit since Lockdown. She was not very happy, because apart from
the hospital and the doctor, that is where you will find the most ill
people. But she was impressed at the
precautions they took to keep the required two metre distance and to disinfect
as you enter the shop. Surprisingly it
was also empty, except for the manager.
She got the paracetamol, though only a small box as they are
rationed. She also wanted to get some
face masks, just in case we should ever need them. But they had none in stock, and could not
order any. I expect that they are all
needed by the health personnel, which is very reasonable.
She
got quite wet walking to the farmacia and back, and was not impressed when the
rain stopped just after she got home.
Sent
out the email with the walking video this morning. Hope that everyone enjoys watching it as
much as I did making it!
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