The day lock down eased. Bristol, England: 13 May 2020

On Sunday 10 May, Boris Johnson, England's Prime Minister, announced the beginning of easing lock down in England!!

From today (Wednesday 13 May) onward, until further notice, we are able to drive to a destination in England for leisure. The distance we can travel is not limited, so long as we adhere to social distancing rules.

Wednesday 13 May

Blaise Hamlet, Bristol, England

Nico, Cale and Brad. Blaise Hamlet, Bristol, England

Amanda, Cale and Nico. Blaise Hamlet, Bristol, England

Blaise Hamlet, Bristol, England

Cale and Nico (Brad in the cave) at the entrance to one of the caves on Blaise Estate, Bristol, England

Fox or badger hole on Blaise Estate, Bristol, England

Nico and Cale at Blaise Castle, Bristol, England

View from Blaise Castle on Blaise Estate, Bristol, England

Walk through the forest on Blaise Estate, Bristol, England

Nico and Cale sitting on one of the wee bridges over the stream in the forest, on Blaise Estate, Bristol, England

Thatched cottage on Blaise Estate by the Museum, Bristol, England

Cale and Nico on Blaise Estate, Bristol, England

This historic 1939 telegraph post is a relic of the telephone service between the Barrage Balloon flight site and observation point at the Observatory to the Barrage Balloon Headquarters at the Grand Spa Hotel (now Avon Gorge Hotel) during WWII.

Note the date etched on the post below.

Barrage balloons randomly dotted around at a height of 10,00 feet (any higher meant that they would be difficult to handle and would need longer and heavier cables) would keep bombers high enough to educed their accuracy, and to force them into zones where anti-aircraft guns and fighters could locate them.

Locations August 1940: 32 balloons at Avonmouth, 24 at Filton, 40 at Bristol (nearest Sion Hill Lookout point, Observatory, Downs, docks).