LOCKDOWN LIMBO

Whittaker finds much to absorb his thoughts as the lockdown continues in Wales

- Alex Whittaker

Things have changed, and perhaps subtly, may never be quite the same again. I am not flying. I am not buying. I am not going up to the field. Neither am I crashing. However, I am still a staunch radio modeller and there is still much to delight me in my shed. Ah, the trad. Brit shed! That perfect antidote to national lock down. Some people tend their gardens, others tinker with their tractors, but we retreat into the shed. An oasis of calm in an uncertain world.

LOCKDOWN ERA

Like Anno Domini and BC, we will soon speak of this defining interlude in terms of Before Lockdown and After Lockdown. It is a sort of social milestone. Before lockdown, my busy workaday world took me away up and down the country every weekend to cover model meetings. Armed with my cameras and notebook I had the great privilege of regularly meeting RCM&E readers and modellers, and having them put me right. That weekend top-up of other modellers’ ideas and feelings gave rhythm and variety to my otherwise solitary scribbler’s life.

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