Routine

Right now the world is in crisis.

Deaths from Covid-19/Coronavirus have now passed 25,000 deaths in over 200 countries around the globe. There are now well over 500,000 cases worldwide and the pandemic is accelerating, with no end in sight any time soon.

Over half of the world's population is under some degree of a restriction as of present, with the UK now under restrictions for 7 days since the closure of restaurants, bars, clubs, pubs and cafe's last week, and under lockdown since Monday evening.

Our routine has been thrown up in the air and dropped from a great height.

Every human being needs some degree of routine, and much of that does revolve around contact with other human beings.

This has been taken away under these restrictions, in order to combat the spread of the disease.

However, human beings are very adaptable, and under lockdown we have all found new ways to create routine in these difficult times. The Government are allowing you to leave your home for the following "very limited purposes":

• shopping for basic necessities, as infrequently as possible
• one form of exercise a day - for example a run, walk, or cycle - alone or with members of your household;
• any medical need, to provide care or to help a vulnerable person; and
• travelling to and from work, but only where this is absolutely necessary and cannot be done from home.

For the last 5 or so years since I have had a camera I have gone for a walk pretty much every day or evening, and until restrictions get even tighter I don't intend on stopping. Having said that I didn't go for a walk today, it was a bit murky outside and I fancied a lazy day. I don't have a dog, but the walk enables me to get out in the fresh air and that is vital, especially now.

There is no doubt though I have seen far more people walking their dog, this is probably because more people are off work, but in essence it is an illustration of the adaptability of human beings. We are being restricted by government in an effort to defeat a disease. These restrictions are impacting upon our lives dramatically, and our routine has been smashed to pieces, so we have adapted to make a new routine.

People are dying in their thousands, and many hundreds of thousands are very ill, and many hundreds of millions are having their lives disrupted on a scale not seen since the second world war. We all need routine to get through it.