Venturing Out?

Many people in the UK have already braved the freezing conditions and sat in a pub garden nursing a pint or two with friends, we're not quite keen enough to be in that club but we were discussing the possibility of an outing at the weekend instead. I have been following the numbers over this current lockdown and they do look positive for our local area, no new cases reported for a good few weeks now and less than 20 in the whole district (which is bigger in area and population than many counties) so from the point of view of risk it's probably negligible so long as we stay local. Added to the low risk of encountering someone with Covid-19 we've both been vaccinated now as well, so that also reduces the risks even further. So, I think on balance we should chance it, the next barrier seems to be actually finding somewhere (that we want to go) that isn't already rammed full, oh well, first world problems!

I must say that I'm not exaggerating when I say it's freezing here, I went out for a walk today (Thursday) and took this picture (below), it's not pretty or particularly distinct, but it's the remains of a snowman built on Monday - pretty unusual for mid-April around these parts!