| Stay-cation holiday blues 13:26 - Apr 29 with 2945 views | R_from_afar |
Well, just another day and a half of work and I am on holiday...at home. In these troubled times, I am extremely grateful to be fit and well and to have a job and income, mind.
We were due to be heading to the south coast of Crete but something like that will be a pipe dream for months to come.
My employer won't allow people to cancel previously booked holiday - which is fair enough, the company would grind to a halt if everyone put off their holidays until the lockdown ends - so we will be sampling the delights of the parish in which we reside and trying not to murder each other 
Anyone got any good holiday at home survival tips?
PS: I am soooo glad I booked an extra day for packing and getting organised  especially now all "packing" is going to involve is removing my work laptop from the dining room table. |  |
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| Stay-cation holiday blues on 13:57 - Apr 29 with 2885 views | derbyhoop |
Holiday at home survival tips?
Practise social distancing - from the wife.If she can't get within 2m she can't hit you. Although she can probably throw things at you. |  |
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| Stay-cation holiday blues on 16:37 - Apr 29 with 2815 views | PlanetHonneywood |
Try something new! I say new, but it could be renew.
I’ve been doing yoga on and off for 10 years or so, but not hit the mat since leaving Asia in 2018. A month back I found a good app, got the map out and been doing it everyday since. Actually not only has it been beneficial fitness and calming wise, I’ve enjoyed it. |  |
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| Stay-cation holiday blues on 16:50 - Apr 29 with 2805 views | aston_hoop |
During the lockdown, I have taken to learning different dishes from places around the world. If I cant go to places, they can come to me at dinner time! |  |
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| Stay-cation holiday blues on 16:57 - Apr 29 with 2793 views | Sharpy36 |
Just looked at the weather for Crete, seems you dodged a bullet.
do you speak Greek ? If not that should keep you busyos |  |
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| Stay-cation holiday blues on 23:01 - Apr 29 with 2701 views | R_from_afar |
| Stay-cation holiday blues on 16:57 - Apr 29 by Sharpy36 |
Just looked at the weather for Crete, seems you dodged a bullet.
do you speak Greek ? If not that should keep you busyos |
Ah, I didn't realise the forecast was poor.
When it comes to foreign languages, I have been teaching myself Italian for some years, so I will try to make good progress this coming week. I actually have an O Level in Ancient Greek, so I could revisit that - it's wickedly difficult - or try the modern version. | |
| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Stay-cation holiday blues on 23:36 - Apr 29 with 2678 views | MrSheen |
| Stay-cation holiday blues on 23:01 - Apr 29 by R_from_afar |
Ah, I didn't realise the forecast was poor.
When it comes to foreign languages, I have been teaching myself Italian for some years, so I will try to make good progress this coming week. I actually have an O Level in Ancient Greek, so I could revisit that - it's wickedly difficult - or try the modern version. |
Funnily enough, I’ve been going through an Ancient Greek GCSE course. It’s amazing what sticks 40 years on and what you can’t remember at all.
-ομαι-η-εται-ομεθα-εσθε-ονται
I was hoping to start a lapsed classicist reading group locally before the virus struck. I made it to the end of first year classics at University before I jacked it in, but I’ve only ever spent a week in Greece. We were going to go as a family in September, but who knows now. [Post edited 29 Apr 2020 23:44]
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| Stay-cation holiday blues on 00:46 - Apr 30 with 2650 views | timcocking |
I laughed at the ps so glad i booked another day for packing.
Commiserations, though; it's really not funny. |  | | |
| Stay-cation holiday blues on 12:22 - Apr 30 with 2598 views | EastR |
| Stay-cation holiday blues on 23:01 - Apr 29 by R_from_afar |
Ah, I didn't realise the forecast was poor.
When it comes to foreign languages, I have been teaching myself Italian for some years, so I will try to make good progress this coming week. I actually have an O Level in Ancient Greek, so I could revisit that - it's wickedly difficult - or try the modern version. |
you're lucky you're not going to Crete
they are in proper lockdown there - no messing around, don't leave your house at all, full stop.Being enforced with no excuses |  |
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| Stay-cation holiday blues on 13:54 - May 1 with 2513 views | R_from_afar |
| Stay-cation holiday blues on 12:22 - Apr 30 by EastR |
you're lucky you're not going to Crete
they are in proper lockdown there - no messing around, don't leave your house at all, full stop.Being enforced with no excuses |
Oh right, that sounds tough and a lucky escape for us.
Here's a list of the top 15 things to do outdoors in 15 minutes for your mental health. Not my list, I shamelessly nicked it from the Daily Telegraph.
Three of my own are:
- Play that musical instrument you never get round to playing
- Dig out music you only have on a really old music format, e.g. audio cassettes (anyone for 8 track stereo? Before even my time...)
- Find your slides (if you have any, I have loads because I am old) and scan them into a computer. You're sure to find some stuff you totally forgot about.
1. Read a book
2. Lie and watch the sky
3. Take your daily cuppa outside, turn the phone to silent and slowly sit, listen and chill.
4. Do 15 minutes of stretches/yoga
5. Outdoor workout - lift some logs in the woods or try outdoor swimming
6. Nature watch
7. Ride a bike
8. Be a tourist in your own neighbourhood: find blue plaques, check out sights that’d ordinarily pass you by
9. Take in a sunset or sunrise
10. Picnic
11. Plant seeds
12. Follow a guided meditation
13. Water is proven to help relax you so fill a bowl and dunk your feet
14. Build a den - it isn’t just for kids you know!
15. Listen to music and have a silent disco. | |
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| Stay-cation holiday blues on 17:04 - May 2 with 2470 views | R_from_afar |
| Stay-cation holiday blues on 23:36 - Apr 29 by MrSheen |
Funnily enough, I’ve been going through an Ancient Greek GCSE course. It’s amazing what sticks 40 years on and what you can’t remember at all.
-ομαι-η-εται-ομεθα-εσθε-ονται
I was hoping to start a lapsed classicist reading group locally before the virus struck. I made it to the end of first year classics at University before I jacked it in, but I’ve only ever spent a week in Greece. We were going to go as a family in September, but who knows now. [Post edited 29 Apr 2020 23:44]
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As you can probably imagine, even in the late seventies when I did Ancient Greek, qualified Classics teachers were rare beasts. I was at a large grammar school and only one of the three Classics teachers taught Ancient Greek.
When that one teacher was off sick, the school had to bring in a supply teacher and so we ended up being taught by a frightfully posh but extremely venerable chap. He was so old that he insisted on us translating the Greek formal you as thou. | |
| "Things had started becoming increasingly desperate at Loftus Road but QPR have been handed a massive lifeline and the place has absolutely erupted. it's carnage. It's bedlam. It's 1-1." |
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| Stay-cation holiday blues on 17:09 - May 2 with 2467 views | MickS_ |
| Stay-cation holiday blues on 12:22 - Apr 30 by EastR |
you're lucky you're not going to Crete
they are in proper lockdown there - no messing around, don't leave your house at all, full stop.Being enforced with no excuses |
My mum spoke with her friends In Crete a week ago and that’s what she was told. Many, many Euros if you are caught driving and a ban to boot. |  | | |
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