Haggis and Hairy Cows

This little 'VIRUS' thing has turned the world upside down and appears to have gotten its way. It has changed everyone's plans for 2020 including mine and I am not happy. It has made us all stay at home and not venture out, it has cancelled all international and domestic travel, it has stopped us hugging friends or even shaking hands with acquaintances. It has stopped us visiting family and friends, it has stopped our lives. What can we do - absolutely nothing but sit and wait it out and hope it will go away soon. I have now cancelled my Scottish walk which was planned for late September, I have cancelled my short bus tour of Germany but guess I can do it again in another year, in another life. Germany and Scotland will not be going anywhere. After a 'short' think for my walk for 2021 I am considering finishing off the Via Francigena that I started in Canterbury, England in 2017 and then walked another section in 2019 finishing at the St Bernard Pass, Switzerlan...

I thought I was getting organised for the Scottish walk until a "virus thing" decided to rear its ugly little head and send the whole of the world into a panic and lock down. Flights are cancelled and planes stop flying, walking paths are closed down, walking boots are stored in house cupboards and the front doors are all shut tightly. How could a little invisible thing cause such chaos but it appears to have succeeded. I am sure it is sitting somewhere on a rock or up a tree just grinning at us and saying "got you all, try and catch me". My domestic flights home to see my husband and family are cancelled and I am stranded in the north for the long haul. What do you do in this situation?  Read travel books, post travel photos on social media, try and walk each day on your own or with a loyal companion and away from the general population and stay sane. Is that possible? I have decided that I will not cancel my flights, accommodation and travel plans for late Sep...