I’m finding the face mask I bought almost impossible to use. I wore it to Marks & Spencer this morning and I find it so hard to breathe that I have to take huge gasps of air with my mouth open. Today I inadvertantly inhaled some of my own spit which triggered a fit of coughing in the middle of the supermarket. This is not a good look during a pandemic. I must have been feeling a bit self-conscious after this because at one point I turned around and nearly walked into someone. A split second after saying sorry I realised I had apologised to a lifesize cardboard cutout. #notahuman
It’s the summer solstice today which is great news. This means the days will start to get shorter. This is usually the only day of the year people are allowed to visit Stonehenge but not this year thanks to coronavirus. We are lucky to have lots of stone circles in Scotland. We visited a particularly good one in July 2015 on Orkney called the Ring of Brodgar. The stones are 5000 years old and positioned in a circle on an elevated spot.
The kids were so little back then.
I’d like to go back to Orkney one day. It’s home to Skara Brae, a famous Neolithic village built about 4,500 years ago. The homes are in remarkable condition and still contain furniture. Here’s a photo I took from our trip in 2015. You can see the fire pit in the middle where early humans likely did their cooking. There’s some kind of shelving unit against the wall and I imagine the compartments on the sides were their beds.
The stonework is so good. I can’t imagine many homes built today still standing in 4,500 years. Happy summer solstice to you!
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