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Allowing the school traffic to subside, I went for a morning walk in the local park. The park is quite large. It surrounds a stately home and comprises both extensive woodland and grassland. It appears to be more popular now than before lockdown.
Following a walk around the largest of the fields, Merlin, a Border Collie cross with the face of an angel, recognised the spot where, last over a year ago, we would take a half-time rest before completing our walk, and insisted that we sit on the grass for a while. Merlin enjoys watching other dogs go by.
Despite there being more people than I recall, the park is a quiet and relaxing space. The clear blue of the sky, and the stillness, is broken by the drone of a single-engine light aircraft. "North By Northwest". Merlin lies next to me, leaning in and alert to anything that has four legs.
We are being invited to return to our workplaces as the threat of the coronavirus is falling. On days like this, in places like this and with my friend by my side, I develop a certain deafness .