The end of hibernation

[oldfashionedgirl]

I would love to walk on a beach and collect sea glass, my favourite pastime.
In Scotland we are still on the ‘no more then 5 miles from home’

I’d also like to go out for dinner with my girl friends and have a good bleather.

Not to be negative but I have realised several things I used to do, haven’t missed and won’t be resuming 

[candleflame]

My hairdresser phoned and I'm booked in for the 4th July.  I have short hair and I've been trimming it myself, but can't wait for it to be done properly!
Unfortunately my main hobby apart from genealogy is choral singing and that's not allowed. Something that was cited as good for one's chest, breathing and mental health before covid, is now regarded as dangerous so we wait, as do churches as you can't sing in there either.

I was puzzled about a remark about cricket not being safe and it was the ball that was the issue. I'm not a cricket fan, but presumably all the bowlers having their own balls and sanitising before bowling and between contact by the fielders with said ball (s) isn't sufficient? Otherwise the players are fairly well spaced out.

[Gadget]

We're staying the same:

Letter from  Medical and Nursing Colleges:

https://www.bmj.com/content/369/bmj.m2514

Add - list of affiliations of signatories, include presidents of Royal Colleges :

1House of Lords
2Royal College of Surgeons
3Royal College of Psychiatrists
4Royal College of Radiologists
5The BMJ
6Royal College of Physicians
7Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh
8Royal College of Emergency Medicine
9The Lancet
10Royal College of General Practitioners
11Royal College of Pathologists
12Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists
13BMA
14Faculty of Public Health
15Royal College of Nursing
16Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow

[guest189040]

Our Dentist just phoned us to set up an Appointment our checks which were cancelled back in April

Needless to say we are not going down that route for a routine checkup

[groom]

I'm not a cricket fan, but presumably all the bowlers having their own balls and sanitising before bowling and between contact by the fielders with said ball (s) isn't sufficient? Otherwise the players are fairly well spaced out.

Doesn't make sense - according to the guidelines re tennis

"Players from different households can now play doubles together as long as they stay two metres apart as far as possible, and small group coaching for up to six people (including coaches) can resume."

Surely tennis involves a lot of picking up the ball in probably sweaty hands? Given the material of a tennis ball I would have thought it was an ideal surface for the virus to stick to? Then of course you have the fact that Novak Djokovic has tested positive along with other players after organising that tournament!

[KGarrad]

I was puzzled about a remark about cricket not being safe and it was the ball that was the issue. I'm not a cricket fan, but presumably all the bowlers having their own balls and sanitising before bowling and between contact by the fielders with said ball (s) isn't sufficient? Otherwise the players are fairly well spaced out.

Cricketers use just 1 ball between them

[Gadget]

I was puzzled about a remark about cricket not being safe and it was the ball that was the issue. I'm not a cricket fan, but presumably all the bowlers having their own balls and sanitising before bowling and between contact by the fielders with said ball (s) isn't sufficient? Otherwise the players are fairly well spaced out.

Cricketers use just 1 ball between them

and they spit on it   

[Jomot]

I'm overjoyed that we're finally moving towards normality again.  I have a hairdressers appointment booked for 4th July - bye bye 2" grey roots  - and afterwards I'm off to the nearest beer garden, weather permitting   

We're also contemplating a few of these drive-in concerts where you have an area adjacent to your parking space where you can sit, have a picnic, or even dance etc, as I've so missed hearing live music and I'm lucky that one of the venues is only 7 miles from my house.

[Nick_Ips]

Given the material of a tennis ball I would have thought it was an ideal surface for the virus to stick to?

I don't know as fact, but would guess that this property might be one of the reasons why tennis is ok.

Using Trystan's "rainforest" analogy from the scientific thread the other day, a tennis ball is possibly one of the best ball surfaces to 'trap' the virus and make it harder to spread by touch. The cricket ball surface being smoother - and deliberately polished during play - would mean the virus is more easily dislodged onto other surfaces (e.g. fingers and clothes)

...and they spit on it   

An essential part of the game. 

The condition of the surface of a cricket ball is critical to the way it behaves in flight when bowled. I could imagine that a ball liberally dosed in sanitiser each time it is returned to the bowler might behave very unpredictably when bowled - being potentially dangerous, and possibly opening up the possibility of cheating by the creative use of sanitiser on parts of the ball.

So if I've guessed right, although the game could be made safe from a viral point of view, it could be physically less safe, and impossible to have a 'fair' game.