Paused Spring

Good morning from Keyboard View in the land of Lockdown where travelling far to take a picture isn't the done thing anymore.
I mean here you have to state your reason for travelling before you're allowed on the reduced bus service and "I want to take some photos" isn't accepted.

 We're coping here as much as the season continues to do it's own thing regardless so the daffodils are all coming out along the grass verges with hedgerow on the two green patches right in the centre of this part of the district

If they look lower than everything else there's a reason like they're sinking which is common here with a dished portion in the middle and also is why the telegraph poles are at odd angles - the land has moved since they were fitted.

The funny pole with an angled board  toward the rear left is the 20 MPH solar powered speed restriction sign for the local school added a few years ago as most of the street scene hasn't changed in years except there's a lot less traffic about at the moment.

Pix credits: Neil Genower/BBC/WildBrain/Queen Bert Limited

I've been viewing thanks to the BBC iPlayer, the new series based around Enid Blyton's Malory Towers books which anyone who's followed this blog know I both like and have pre-pc copies of that was brought forward for streaming with schools being mainly shut in the current emergency although it be shown on the regular CBBC channel in April.

The picture is Darrell Rivers  played by Ella Bright who through her eyes we learn about the girls only boarding school set off the Cornish coast.

There are a few 'new' bits to the story, Alicia has an obvious Canadian accent  but in the main it follows the style, mannerism and speech of 1946 and not 2020 with the girls sleeping in big metal beds in the dorm and being sat at wooden desks with ink pens the way many of us remember things even a few decades on.

Perfect viewing especially for children at this difficult time.