Today has a slight advantage over all others of the "shielding" era - it's the shortest day of the year, and yes before any of you pedants reading this say, "no, December 21st is the shortest day" - I'm talking number of hours in the day... only 23 to get through today!
Woke up this morning, and my first thought was of the loveable Manc rogue Morrissey, I don't normally think of 80s pop stars when I wake up, but on this occasion it seemed apt.
Well the sun is still shining here in Kent, looking out the window there is a lovely blue sky - all appears good with the world - except there is no-one out there. Normally the street outside our house is full of cars, parked up to avoid the in-town car park charges, but now, we don't need double yellow lines, as the street is pretty much deserted....