Sinkholes, YouTube and Covid Juice

What a crazy few months it’s been since my last blog post. Covid-19 spread around the world, hit its peak, died down, had a mini resurgence then died down again (at least where we live anyway). A couple of months ago we were being told that lockdown could last for at least another 12 months and I was told that I could be working from home indefinitely. Now, things are looking a bit brighter as restrictions are starting to be eased with shops, hairdressers and pubs opening up again over the last few weeks, so fingers crossed we can start to get back to some normality. Luckily, none of my friends and family have caught the Covid Juice yet.

Since working from home I’ve found more time to do things that I usually struggle to find time for. I’ve gone back to playing my guitars, learning other instruments, and tapping into my creative side that I left behind after my teenage years. So I decided to take a leap and create a YouTube channel and just fill it with as much creative content as possible (granted there’s only one video on it to date). It’s something I’ve always wanted to do after watching YouTube videos for years and years, so we’ll see how it goes… If you’re curious you can find my channel at this link: Maximum Effort - YouTube Channel. This is my first video but I haven’t decided what content I should put on it yet, but it’s a start:

Life in lockdown was considerably quiet until a couple of weeks ago when we experienced our hottest day of the year so far when temperatures reached a high of around 28°C (or 82°F for my American friends). Because of the unusually high temperatures for this part of the world, it just so happened to weaken the tarmac on the road. Not long after midday we had a knock at the door. Loren answered as she was working downstairs. I could hear her talking to someone and then all of a sudden she shouted “Oh my god!”. I looked out of the window only to find a 3ft wide sinkhole in the middle of the road…

Obviously we went out and had a look down the hole and the heat was actually melting the tarmac like an ice cream cone. Not something you see every day. Now that it’s been worked on for two weeks, the hole is about 12ft wide and equally as deep, so we now live in the middle of a construction site, but it at least makes the lockdown slightly less boring…