Our own extraordinary/ordinary times
Life at the moment may feel both extraordinary and for a lot of the time oppressively dull. It can be stressful when the advice keeps changing, particularly when it's not entirely clear what we can and cannot do. We're not in full lockdown any more, but we're not out of it either. We can go out, but we need to keep our distance from the people around us. We want everything to return to normal, but it's still uncertain how and when this will happen. 

However, I'm very conscious of the long list of humdrum and ordinary things that need to be done as we move to a place where we can think about reopening our building safely. We need risk assessments and checklists, marker tape and signage, stocks of hand sanitiser and gloves. I cannot overstate my thanks to the wardens in helping to navigate a way through this. 

One piece of good news that I can share is that the nursery who use our hall are starting back on Monday. They have limited numbers of children coming in, and we have agreed guidelines with them so that, as and when we can start opening the building more widely, we can all stay safe. This is further to advice from the C of E re our buildings’ usage, and I want to be clear that it only applies to commercial nurseries in line with the government guidelines on reopening schools/childcare facilities. So please don't visit the building yourself at this stage! But hopefully it's a step in the right direction.