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Lockdown in the UK. That first few months, when we all worried about what Covid would bring, and stayed at home to save lives. Like so many others I moved out of my office in the city and started to work from home as the cool of spring turned to the heat of early summer.
I had a glorified shed at the bottom of our garden - a log cabin with power and enough room to set up a desk and chair. I slung an ethernet cable down the garden and I was away - my home office was up and running.
In the downtime between working, taking endless walks on my own and drinking more wine that I'm used to, I'd decided to fix things up a little. I sanded and creosoted and mowed and pruned and fixed until my garden looked a little less like a wilderness and more like a welcoming home for me while the pandemic raged outside. I spoke to my neighbours - a nice couple and their son home from university - and agreed that I'd remove fence panels to sand, repair and stain them before replacing them. It would mean that my garden was open to theirs for a few weeks, but they didn't mind.
I had a glorified shed at the bottom of our garden - a log cabin with power and enough room to set up a desk and chair. I slung an ethernet cable down the garden and I was away - my home office was up and running.
In the downtime between working, taking endless walks on my own and drinking more wine that I'm used to, I'd decided to fix things up a little. I sanded and creosoted and mowed and pruned and fixed until my garden looked a little less like a wilderness and more like a welcoming home for me while the pandemic raged outside. I spoke to my neighbours - a nice couple and their son home from university - and agreed that I'd remove fence panels to sand, repair and stain them before replacing them. It would mean that my garden was open to theirs for a few weeks, but they didn't mind.