2020 is definitely a year of firsts. Still a few weeks to go but maybe it’s safe to call the result in some areas….

• First year in decades without a visit to a hairdresser,
• First year in decades without a visit to see my football team get beat (a moan is good for the soul),
• First year without caffeine,
• First year with Tai Chi,
• First year in decades without buying a parking ticket,
• First year in decades without standing on a mountain top,
• First year in decades without mooching around a record or book store,
• First year of not meeting up with a member of my family,
• First year of turning up at a family birthday party and suddenly realising that I bought exactly the same present last year,
• First year without buying fish and chips,
• First year without walking on a beach,
• First time lockdown applied to me,
• First year without a visit to an historical site,
• First year without accidentally bumping into someone you didn’t want to in the supermarket. Then spending the next 30 minutes trying to shop and avoid that person. Hiding behind a mask is way more easy,
• First year without visiting a garden shop to buy a plant and then killing that plant off within weeks,
• First year of not popping into a sweet shop and asking for a quarter of midget gems,
• First year of not popping into a climbing store and looking at all the new gear (even though I don’t climb anymore),
• First year of not making a single journey on public transport,
• First year of not popping into a bakery for a quick top up on a pasty,
• First year of not going to the cinema,
• First year in decades without going for a bike ride,
• First year without getting half way round a bike ride and thinking – why is Yorkshire so pigging hilly,
• First year were I haven’t bothered checking the wear on my cars tyres as they bar not being used,
• First year of not physically meeting up with a friend to do something,
• First year in decades of not venturing into a DIY store (Yeh!!!😀😀😀),
• First year without going clothes shopping, buying that item which might be fun and then driving back thinking – what have I just done.

So yes I don’t think we will forget 2020 in while.