A lovely pleasant warm sunny afternoon in Nottingham.
Roads from Nottingham Station leading to Broadmarsh closed. Let us hope remain closed.
I look in a pop up shop making face masks. But the double-lined ones. I wish I had not lost in Lincoln a few days ago the cotton face mask that replicated the paper masks.
I had picked up a face mask before catching the train, but again double layers (not apparent until take out of packaging) and a mix of polyester and cotton. I prefer cotton.
In the shop they showed me a pocket between the two layers. I assumed that was how it was. The one I had picked up earlier, a small cloth marked pm2.5. I now realise what it was. A filter to slip into the pocket the make 3-ply and give additional protection, but also make even more difficult to breathe.
Last week a long detour around the derelict Intu Broadmarsh shopping centre, this week could walk through.
I am seeing owls. Did not notice last week. Maybe because I took a different route.
Building work, demolition, renovation everywhere. All for student accommodation. Not good news when we have a homelessness crisis with people living on the streets.
I looked in Cartwheel Coffee. Food looked tempting and it would have been pleasant to sit outside. I was after a bag of Ethiopian coffee.
Barista kindly ground a few beans espresso and V60 pour over. This gives a reference for a grinder for calibration.
Lunch at Paste, a Thai restaurant. A mistake, as it was not very good. My fault as picked the wrong dish. Stir fried vegetables, which if fished in the bottom found a few pieces of meat. In the past I have had deep fried chicken with a creamy sauce.
They have removed the tables in the middle, temperature scanned as enter.
There used to be a tall girl, never smiled. Maybe she has left.
Closed at 2-30. I have not noticed it closed before, but maybe I was an hour late. I asked staff as we were leaving. They said because of coronavirus.
I also raised their failure to answer on social media, that I had visited Monday previous week to find closed.
VAT has dropped from over 20% to 5%. It is not being passed on, prices have not changed.
Outpost Coffee has changed hands, now Kigali, focus on coffee roasting, with Kigali as an independent coffee shop.
I learnt The Specialty Coffee Shop closed at three as did Kigali.
I stayed and had a cappuccino.
Too late to visit Luisa’s chocolate.
Word on the street, Wired closed due to greedy landlord doubling the rent.
Looked in Cobden Chambers. Ideas on Paper not open.
Head to station via Market Square. Not many people about.
Reluctant to leave at four thirty as a warm pleasant sunny afternoon, but if I visit Cartwheel Coffee or take a walk along the Nottingham Canal, stay another hour, I will be on a rush hour train.
Train not too busy.
