It is day 521<\/s> 38<\/s> 4 of our Covid\/Ommadawn* isolation. The sun is shining, the sky is blue and (best case scenario) I could be out on the water making headway through the Irish Sea with a pod of dolphins keeping pace with the boat, as we silently glide through the water. Or (2nd-best case scenario) I could be working on the boat in the marina, finishing off the outstanding jobs prior to experiencing the best case scenario.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I figured out that I could maintain Covid isolation restrictions by not coming into contact with anyone. I can get from here to Deganwy and back on a tank of fuel with plenty left (and the tank in the car is full). I wouldn’t need to come into contract with anyone in the marina. And I would certainly not come into contact with anyone whilst either working on the boat, or while out sailing her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
So, given the fact that I have no Covid symptoms (none at all, I just have a positive test result) and given that I feel in my normal good health status, why the heck aren’t I doing either of those things? Why am I sitting at home, tapping away on this keyboard, and not out on the water on my boat?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Because although I could avoid all contact with anyone else in the normal world, what if something happened to change the normal world parameters? What if I broke down on the motorway and needed assistance? Well that’s not likely, but it could conceivably happen. What if I was out on the water and something happened, and I needed maritime help? Also extremely unlikely, but these things do occur (to lesser prepared people, admittedly). But failures of equipment do happen, no matter how well maintained. What if…?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Anyway, that’s why I’m here, tapping away on this keyboard, on this glorious day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
*Omicron BA2** (not Mike Oldfield’s second album)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
**BA.2 virus (not the Corston\/Englishcombe\/Freshford postcode areas of Bath)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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