What have I learned in lockdown? I have a burning need for small adventures | Zoe Williams
I miss the joy of random events, of not knowing what will happen between the hours of 2pm and 4pm. Right now our lives are Groundhog Day, retold as tragedy
A friend living in Belgium sent round a government leaflet on what the end of lockdown will look like: as of this week, Belgians can meet 15 people, rather than the previous 10, and it can be a different 15 every time. Wellness centres" will be open, along with casinos; nightclubs won't until the end of August; and bars will still have to shut at 1am. Four hundred people will be allowed at outdoor events, 200 indoors, subject to physical distancing rules being followed.
Why am I telling you all this? You are not going to Belgium and neither am I. I just thought it would be useful; I often listen to our own government's plans for getting England out of lockdown and they make no sense. Pubs will open, but not swimming pools. Kids will definitely go back to school in September - all of them, full-time, no restrictions - and yet class sizes will be magically cut in half. We can enjoy limitless travel within England, yet if we go anywhere we get told off by the police. The 2-metre rule is now 1 metre, unless you can manage two.
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