Monday 18th - Tuesday 26th July 2022
We left the Vegan Camp Out at around 7.15am, as we had arrived with our campsite to arrive from 9am as it was forecast to be so hot later on (around 34 degrees). Our campsite was in Harbury, so not far, but traffic was quite bad and it took us about two hours to get there. Mum had taken a Covid test again this morning to check, as she was feeling quite tired and generally a bit unwell, but it was negative. Due to mum not feeling great and the hot weather, it meant we were unable to meet up with some family, which was disappointing, as we were really looking forward to seeing them. However, it was very hot so we stayed in the shade of the van all day!
On Tuesday, Mum tested positive for Covid unfortunately. She has not felt too bad with Covid, mainly feeling very tired for a few days and cold-like symptoms. Luckily, we had a pitch with our own water supply and so it was easy to self isolate, as it was a large pitch and quite private. We made sure not to use the campsite’s facilities. We have stayed mostly around the van, and went for a few walks on quiet footpaths around the area to get some fresh air away from the van. It went up to 37 degrees on Tuesday so rather hot! As I have kept testing negative, I went to the village shop when we needed supplies but mostly we didn’t go near anyone to avoid passing anything on.
We moved campsites after six nights at Harbury, to near Stroud. We have had some really nice walks around the area - very ‘Lord of the Rings Country’ which Mum has loved seeing as she was a big fan of the books! This is also the area where ‘Cider With Rosie’ was written by Laurie Lee, and there was a poem located half way round our walk, so we read that.
We go to WOMAD tomorrow (Wednesday 27th July 2022) to volunteer for Oxfam, as it has now been 10 days since Mum has started having symptoms and I have continued to test negative with no symptoms. Both feeling a bit nervous about the work there, but excited about visiting a new festival, as neither of us have been to WOMAD before! The next blog post will be posted once we have finished our weekend, so likely to be Monday 1st/ Tuesday 2nd August. Hopefully all goes well and our shifts are okay!
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