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Day 1 thoughts: Hey, we're still allowed to go out for simple exercise once a day, so I was thinking of scheduling a 6 hour walk later on!
Also, there's nothing better than music to de-stress you a bit, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from all the madness!
Day 2 thoughts: We don't know when the lockdown will end, but we do know that we're now one day closer to it!
Music is great to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from all the madness!
Day 3 thoughts: I won't use it, but I'm loving the new 371 private taxi service! Almost every bus that I've watched rattle by my house has had 0 or 1 people on it, let's keep it that way!
Make someone smile today: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from all the madness!
Day 4 thoughts: Wow! Clap for our carers last night was very powerful. I felt proud to be British, and honestly, I can't remember the last time I felt that.
Heroes every day: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from all the madness!
Day 5 thoughts: You know something is not right in the UK, when after 7 straight perfect sunny days, people have barely mentioned it!
Saturday sunshine feeling: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from all the madness!
Day 6 thoughts: Seeing as we won't be able to fully enjoy the longer evenings for a while, I reckon a fair compromise is that the UK never changes the clocks again, so we don't have the misery of darker evenings from late October!
Stand by each other, your Sunday tune (and what a great film too!): Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from all the madness!
Day 6 track: Ben E King - Stand by me (song 1961, film 1986)
Day 7 thoughts: What a misery Dr Jenny Harries was on TV yesterday, don't let her drag you down! Good news could be just round the corner, maybe antibodies testing showing loads of us have already had it, a vaccine coming from already approved medicines, or something we're just not expecting!
One week in lockdown, this tune sums up the madness!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 8 thoughts: How will we all look back on the lockdown of 2020? Bitter, sweet, or something in between? The answer is largely our own choice, determined by what we choose to do with the coming weeks, maybe months. Make it positive!
A classic anthem: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 8 track: The Verve - Bittersweet symphony (live at Glastonbury)
Day 9 thoughts: Don't panic buy! I tried it and it's rubbish! There was only one item they would let me buy in bulk, so I panicked and bought loads. Now I have 24 bottles of de-icer spray sitting on the living room table!
Make your walk today a walk of life: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 10 thoughts: It's an old one, but a good one, especially if the lockdown is starting to drag! - We can't choose what happens to us, but we can choose how we deal with it. Make the time count!
Classic rock from 1976: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 11 thoughts: I was due to fly to Athens this morning, and then take a ferry to the island of Tinos. But hey, instead I get to paint the downstairs loo Yellow!
I'm sure others were due to go on hols around now too, so with that in mind: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 12 thoughts: With cancelled holidays in mind, why not take some time to reminisce on a great recent holiday. Dig out the photos and have a laugh!
This vid makes me want to go there!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 13 thoughts: Hottest day of the year, perfect blue sky, cleaner and clearer air, quieter skies. What more could you want? Enjoy!
No explanation needed: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 14 thoughts: I had a game of tennis, and then met up with friends. There was a big group of us chilling in the park. Then we had a meal in the only sit-down restaurant still open in Kingston. When I got home, there was a giant 6ft tall snail guarding my front door... then I woke up!
Make Monday fun!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 14 track: Sheryl Crow - All I wanna do (is have some fun)
Day 15 thoughts: Wherever you stand on politics, thoughts must be with the PM and his family today. Most of us know Stanley too. He won't be able to see his son until hopefully he's recovered.
Peace anthem today! This pandemic must create a positive wind of change once it's over: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 16 thoughts: It's weird how quickly the new ways actually now feel normal, from empty roads, to queue's outside key shops, and old ladies giving you funny looks as they try and keep 2 metres apart when they pass you in the supermarket aisle!
Anyone still working 9 to 5?: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 17 thoughts: I woke up this morning with a strong urge to clean all the skirting boards. It's a feeling I've woken with many times throughout my whole life, but I think today is the day to act on it!
This songs sums up life before the virus, but will we just go back to the same once the threat is over?: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 18 thoughts: If Easter weekend normally means tedious car journeys to relatives you don't get on with, then this will be the best Easter yet! Sure, you'll have to video call, but just make sure you're on around 6% battery when you do!
Try not to be a rebel this Easter!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 19 thoughts: Put any troubles aside, appreciate the peak of our early-April hot spell, and find some time to drift away into serenity!
Melting eggs this Easter!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 19 track: Arrow - Hot Hot Hot (the brilliant original version!)
Day 20 thoughts: HAPPY EASTER!
A true classic!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 20 track: Bon Jovi - Livin' on a prayer (live from Hyde Park)
Day 21 thoughts: Who's had the dream where you have a coughing fit in public? Me last night, I was coughing uncontrollably whilst trying to re-assure everyone around that it wasn't the virus!
Yesterday's gone!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 21 track: Fleetwood Mac - Don't stop (thinking about tomorrow) - Live
Day 22 thoughts: It's here! Best day of Easter, the REAL egg hunt takes place, shopping for mega-discounted eggs in the shops! Must be classed as essential activity surely!
Great cover of this classic: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 23 thoughts: Could we be past the half-way point? Could we be back on the tennis court at the start of May? Exciting times!
Yet another beautiful day!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 23 track: Levellers - What a beautiful day (live Reading)
Day 24 thoughts: It's got to be about Captain Tom Moore! What's most amazing is how people have supported the whole thing. A small sign of hope for humanity!
One word sums it up!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 25 thoughts: New government guidelines include allowing us to 'Buy tools and supplies to repair a fence panel damaged in bad weather'. Beware using this as an excuse, problem is there hasn't been any bad weather!
3 more weeks confirmed, apt song!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 26 thoughts: The things you can learn in a pandemic. I just never realised how long a bar of soap lasts, even with the extra hand washing! Households who panic bought must have enough to last until 2032!
Don't let Coronavirus leave you up the junction!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 27 thoughts: Are these the glory days right now, or will they come when this is all over? How about finding a way for both to be true!
How will we look back on the lockdown: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 28 thoughts: Things are never as bad as they seem. A bit of logical thought is often all it needs to realise that. Replace the stress with joy and make it another good day!
Lap up the lyrics!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 29 thoughts: Finding money isn't as simple as it used to be. Yesterday I saw a shiny £1 coin on the ground. I was about to do what I usually do, have a little look around, discreetly pick it up, and then launch into a series of Rafa Nadal style fist pumps! To be continued...
The irony of the lyrics is too funny!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 30 thoughts: Continued from yesterday: So, normal finding money routine aborted! I picked up the pound with a tissue, and kept it wrapped up. Took it home for a long and thorough wash, and it is now in a 14 day quarantine before it can join my other coins, and perhaps be spent!
What a voice!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 31 thoughts: Heading back up to 25 degrees today, perfect blue skies again! Yet another great day to be alive on planet Earth!
Summer of 69 was released in the Summer of 85, and still sounds great in the Spring of 2020!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 32 thoughts: Humans aren't meant to be cooped up inside, living in artificial light ect. Do something humans have always done since they evolved, check out the night sky, 10mins minimum. It will de-stress you. Next few nights you'll see mega-bright Venus and crescent moon after sunset. Enjoy!
Californian weather!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 33 thoughts: Bored? Want something to do that will keep you going all day? Well, why not sit down with the whole family, and watch Isner vs Mahut from Wimbledon 2010? Full match here. Don't say I don't look after you in these tough times!
Amazing live performance!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 33 track: John Farnham - You're the voice (with Coldplay)
Day 34 thoughts: OK, some proper entertainment for you today. Check these out if you haven't seen them! Best rallies you haven't seen, and even better is one in a billion shots!
Maybe some will feel this way, but others might be living the D:Ream right now.... see what I did there?: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 35 thoughts: Ideas to help Boris ease lockdown: The 'hold breath hug' - 2 people may hug as long as they take a deep breath beforehand, and don't release it until they are 2m apart again!
This song has held relevance since it was made in 1968, hoping it may lose a little of it once we begin a new normal post-virus: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 36 thoughts: Despair danger! First day of lockdown with bad weather. Best advice I can give you is to go outside and stand in the rain for 5 minutes with your arms raised to the sky. After that, you'll appreciate being stuck inside so much, that the day will fly by!
Well, it is coming!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 37 thoughts: Once in a lifetime lockdown creates once in a lifetime opportunities around the home! Yesterday, with incredible intrigue, excitement, and emotion, and for the first time ever (and probably the last), I emptied the crumb tray on the toaster!
Just an upbeat classic: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 38 thoughts: With Colonel Tom Moore hitting £30m on his birthday, a good time to reflect on all those working to get us through this crisis. We're very lucky to have them, and it should put any personal problems this crisis has caused us into context. Stay happy!
Happy 100th!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 39 thoughts: Another weekend is almost here, for those of you who still know what day it is! An even more awesome collection of amazing tennis shots for you today. You won't be able to stop watching! Click here.
Well, it has finally been a bit wet wet wet the last few days: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 40 thoughts: Finally, an event not cancelled by the pandemic! World Naked Gardening Day is today! What fun we're all going to have. Do enjoy, but please don't send me any pics! Those who don't have a garden, why not go and get busy in someone else's garden?
Why not rock out to this while doing your naked gardening?: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 41 thoughts: So, who had to check Google to make sure it really was World Naked Gardening Day yesterday? Anyway, I'm not convinced with the concept. I couldn't get close enough to the rose bushes, and I was a bit more uneasy than normal every time a wasp came close!
You can still call me Nick: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 42 thoughts: It seems the 'what happens next?' question will get the clearest answers yet over the next 7 days. Definite light at the end of the tunnel, and although things won't be quite the same when we're back on court, we must embrace and appreciate whatever we get!
90's club classic for a change-up, for those feeling the insanity!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 43 thoughts: Well, in Belgium, tennis was allowed from yesterday on outdoor courts, with only 2 people on a court and a maximum of 3 different regular playing partners. Maybe not long before tennis can resume here in some form?!
Back to old school!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 44 thoughts: Ideas to help Boris ease lockdown: Fire drill practice - Instead of having 2m spacing in schools and workplaces, just go back as normal. However, when anyone sneezes or coughs, everyone else must get out the building as quick as possible, just like a fire drill!
True lyrics: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 45 thoughts: BE READY! Tennis and golf are being considered for a return from as early as Monday! Other measures to allow outdoor socialising are also on the table. We should know more on Sunday.
It's a beautiful morning!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 46 thoughts: 75 years since the end of WW2, comparisons have been made between then and what we're facing now. 6 years of war compared to this, I don't think so!
I've got soul but I'm not a soldier: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 47 thoughts: Did you know there was a rabbit inside every peanut? You need an unopened peanut, and be careful when opening, as they can easily suffer decapitation!
Remember this from The Office?: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 48 thoughts: Could lockdown ease enough for tennis to be back? I'll stop the daily posts when I'm back coaching in any form, but it probably won't be this week, let's see what Boris says today! In the meantime, another day of trying to set a PB for how far I can throw a feather.
No.1 in 1965!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 49 thoughts: That announcement was as clear as the London night sky pre-lockdown! Sport within households, but tennis mentioned with 3 other sports with social distancing, and do coaches go back to work or not?! Clarity should come today or tomorrow.
Think we need to hear from Bob again!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 50 thoughts: Tennis is back! Still awaiting guidance on coaching. If it gets the green light, my work here is done, and I'll be planning a return to the court! Hopefully a final update tomorrow morning! Now dust of those rackets!
Sweet Caribbean sound today, get dancing!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 51 thoughts (13th May 2020): It has been emotional! Has it REALLY been 51 days?! If I raised a laugh or two, provoked a thought here or there, and maybe reminded you of a song you love and hadn't heard for ages, then I'm happy! I hope I won't be back!
A celebration for tennis at least!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 52 thoughts (5th Nov 2020): No time to be angry or upset. The new lockdown is what it is, so if you haven't thought of at least 3 positives it will give you, then get on it and focus on them!
It's all in the lyrics!: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 52 track: Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Day 53 thoughts: Perhaps this video might explain why Boris hasn't shown any love for tennis when making the new lockdown rules! Click here!
Maybe more time now to find the Life of Riley?: Today's music to help you de-stress a little, and give your mind a precious few minutes break from the madness!
Day 53 track: Lightening Seeds - Life of Riley
Day 54 thoughts: Hurray! We have live sport all the way through this lockdown! This weekend includes Paris tennis, the Premier league, and of course the World Cup of Darts! No need to re-watch that Isner/Mahut match! Have a great day whatever you are doing.
Forgotten classic!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 54 track: Led Zeppelin - Stairway to heaven (Live)
Day 55 thoughts: I'm not discussing politics on here...... but seeing we're on the subject - Is the circus show finally over, or Is Trump going to carry on throwing his toys out of his pram? What can Biden do to start healing the great divide in the US? All I know is Biden seems to have many of the values of humanity that Trump is so clearly lacking. I wish him the best in his new job!
Today's music is for Remembrance Sunday 2020
Day 55 track: Coldplay - All your friends
Day 56 thoughts: When it comes to days of the week, Monday's don't have the best reputation really! They just struggle to compete with the big names, like Friday and Saturday! Trick is not to look at Monday as a stepping stone to the next weekend or the end of lockdown. Just focus on making it an amazing Monday!
Happy Monday people!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 56 track: Happy Monday's - Step On
Day 57 thoughts: Did someone mention something about a vaccine yesterday? Even the conspiracy theorists must have been given a lift by the news!! The light at the end of the tunnel definitely got a lot brighter, but don't forget to enjoy the tunnel too!
Yazz is talking facts!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 57 track: Yazz - The only way is up
Day 58 thoughts: Somehow, the cutlery drawer escaped my attention in lockdown 1, but its luck ran out yesterday! I found things I've never seen before, and utensils that I don't even know what they're meant to do! Anyway, there has been a cull!
Another classic!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 58 track: Eagles - Hotel California
Day 59 thoughts: One week in, and not quite sure what to make of lockdown 2. Things seems normal when you go out, but they're not normal for me, because today's main goal is to go and buy a small cactus from Homebase!
Park life for many once again!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 59 track: Blur - Parklife
Day 60 thoughts: Yes, buying a small cactus was an essential trip, and as Homebase is listed as an essential shop, the whole thing was clearly very essential! The cactus seems to be very happy too by the way, as I'm sure you were wondering. Have a fantastic Friday!
Jamaican flavour for a Friday!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 60 track: Sean Paul - Get Busy
Day 61 thoughts: Worth investing the time to relive the most emotional Wimbledon final ever, with the BEST fans ever! An incredible win for one of my fav players of the time! Enjoy! Click here
ONLY here can you go from Sean Paul one day to Otis Redding the next! Love them both! Tragic Otis died age 26, so soon after recording this classic: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 61 track: Otis Redding - Sitting on the dock of the bay
Day 62 thoughts: Weird lockdown 2 continues, can't do many things, but can watch the ATP Finals from the O2, starting today! First singles match is a repeat of last year's epic final between Thiem and Tsitsipas! Enjoy!
Why did they never teach this in RE lessons at school?: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 62 track: Kiss - God gave rock and roll to you
Day 63 thoughts: Time keeps flying by even in lockdown 2! Can't believe it's already a Monday again. May your Monday be wonderful, magical, amazing, exhilarating, exciting, fantastic, and full of joy! (and you know I'm being serious)
Classic 80's to start the week!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 63 track: John Parr - St.Elmo's Fire
Day 64 thoughts: Tuesday is shopping day, and I'm just wondering if I turn up at Sainsbury's to do my weekly shop dressed as Big Bird, would I still have to wear a face mask as well?
Happy Tuesday!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 64 track: Chaka Demus & Pliers - Twist and shout
Day 65 thoughts: Go and get some nature today! 16 degrees in mid-November is a joke! A good joke, that must be taken advantage of! See you out there!
Perfect tune to take with you!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 65 track: Enigma - Return to innocence
Day 66 thoughts: Woke up today worrying about the fate of landline telephones, their only use these days seems to be having one to your ear for a retro pic for social media! Not mine though, mobile coverage so bad in Ham, I use it all the time!
Just in case you were walking around in a hippy like trance after yesterday's track!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 66 track: Starship - We built this city
Day 67 thoughts: Just in case the ATP Finals isn't doing it for you, rubbish like Tsitsipas and Nadal last night, then here's some of the latest amazing points from lower levels and exhibitions! Click here
Good luck getting this one out of your head the rest of the day!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 67 track: Tony Christie - Is this the way to Amarillo
Day 68 thoughts: Is it the weekend? What is a weekend? Does it have more hours in the day or something? How is it different? Is today Saturday or Sunday? Which usually comes first? I've actually forgotten! Anyway, have a great first half of the weekend!
Some weekend classic rock!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 68 track: Rainbow - Since you been gone
Day 69 thoughts: It would have been a perfect day for our FA Cup Tennis Finals Day today! The competition will be completed with new dates, and I'm sure we'll have an even better day when they are eventually played! Have a wonderfully chilled Sunday!
Something different for today, such a powerful performance on such an important topic.
Day 69 track: Santan Dave - Black
Day 70 thoughts: Magical Monday has rushed around again, and plenty of good news floating around this morning! Looks very good for Hawker to re-open and tennis to re-start from 3rd Dec! Woohoo!
Celebrate by doing the wiggle wine!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 70 track: Donchez Dacres - Wiggle Wine
Day 71 thoughts: Seriously running out of time to get things done now! My lockdown goals were making a rap song, learning how to order a pizza using morse code, and having a proper think about whether or not to buy a stapler. Gonna be a tight!
Another beautiful day!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 71 track: Elbow - One day like this (live Hyde Park)
Day 72 thoughts: Be honest, who's Christmas plans have been ruined by Boris taking away the perfect excuse to have a quiet one at home?!
November drizzle, but looks like last day I can aptly go with this classic!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 72 track: Guns n Roses - November Rain
Day 73 thoughts: Driving back from the dentist yesterday, I almost committed murder. One of those death-wish Grandad's, wondering across the road, relying on blind faith that the next driver has seen them, and isn't scrolling through pictures of cats on their phone. Mad!
True, and they should be called Tiers for Fears today!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 73 track: Tears for Fears - Mad World
Day 74 thoughts: Black Friday nonsense today, should be called 'try and avoid being scammed day'! False discounts, pressure to buy, in your face marketing, untrustworthy price comparison sites. Nah, rather watch the darts all day on ITV4!
Yes, the heat is on, it's freezing today!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 74 track: Glenn Frey - The Heat Is On
Day 75 thoughts: So, I agreed to allow a homeless person to join the junior squads, bear with me here! He was watching from the side, and said he could beat all the kids. I gave him a racket and he beat one of our top juniors 6-1! He was also a really nice guy and loved playing, more tomorrow!
Fine music!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 75 track: Fine Young Cannibals - Suspicious Minds
Day 76 thoughts: Con't... This did really happen on Friday night! There was also a delay during the match, because the river burst it banks and flooded the courts, at one point the water was shoulder height, but it quickly subsided... Dreams are weird aren't they?
I remember listening to this, thinking it would be weird when it was actually 2000!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 76 track: Pulp - Disco 2000
Day 77 thoughts: This time last year, I was lucky enough to be on the amazing island of Grenada, sharing a hol beach snap to make your Monday even more cheery! Kingston fine this year, so pumped to get back on court this December!
If this doesn't chill you out, then there's nothing I can do to help you!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the new lockdown!
Day 77 track: Harry Belfonte steel drum cover - Island in the sun
Day 78 thoughts: That's it! Lockdown 2 is over in an instant. If Bojo's Christmas plans go horribly wrong, I'll see you in January! Otherwise, until the next pandemic! Be happy!
Andrew was acclaimed for his role as guest speaker to Oxford University students at the Oxford Union in June 2014, and has been given awards for his motivational positivity talks. He's also a complete nutcase!
Day 78 track: Andrew WK - It's Time to Party
Day 79 thoughts: It was a beautiful 5 weeks on court, the most beautiful those dark December evenings have ever felt! Now it's time once again to find new ways to make each and every day beautiful, and we will!
Let's lean on each other!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 79 track: Bill Withers - Lean on me
Day 80 thoughts: Twelfth night, but can't leave my tree outside for collection. I'm rarely home at Christmas, so this year I ventured into the loft and found a quite special tree, powered by 3 of the biggest size batteries (size D!). Will tell you what it did and what happened to it tomorrow!
We do have to roll with it!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 80 track: Oasis - Roll with it (live from Glasto 1995)
Day 81 thoughts: Con't...My lovely tree had a motion sensor on the front, that when triggered, opened the tree up and played part of a Christmas song. The tree only had 2 songs, one of which was 'I wish it could be Christmas every day'....... The tree is now in the bin!
Can't have enough of Bob!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 81 track: Bob Marley - Stir it up
Day 82 thoughts: Cont... There was also a spooky element about my Christmas tree, because no joking, twice it started up when there was nobody in the living room (ghost emoji!).
Great article above, makes a strong case for kids sports to continue, so maybe they'll listen!
When was the last time you caught the train?!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 82 track: Ocean Colour Scene - Day we caught the train
Day 83 thoughts: If you stop to notice, January really is a beautiful month! Perfect calm cold days, the bare trees. Even the grey skies develop a mystic quality if you stare at them for long enough! The best part of course, the gradually ever-lengthening evenings! The journey to Summer has begun!
Essential air guitar on 38 seconds, don't let me down!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 83 track: Queen - One vision
Day 84 thoughts: I've got a nice life 'win' to report this morning, the successful defrosting of the freezer, a once in 6-year event in my house! What made it especially satisfying was the strategic use of a freezing cold night to keep the freezer contents from thawing!
Don't like the idea of a bad moon, but song sounds great!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 84 track: Creedance Clearwater revival - Bad moon rising
Day 85 thoughts: Feeling great this wonderful Monday! So many reasons why. If you've lost sight of your reasons, take 15 quiet mins to work out at least 3. You'll find loads more than 3, but start there. If you need a lift, then no excuses, just get it done! Today!
This song more apt than ever before!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 85 track: Foo Fighters - Times like these
Day 86 thoughts: Happy Tuesday! The news is song of the day is now open for nominations! Email me your classic, and I'll feature it!
I also have a riddle for you: What has one head, one foot, and four legs? Answer tomorrow!
Gina made an impression on me back in 96, though our Eurovision entry that year might well encourage nominations!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 86 track: Gina G - Ooh Aah just a little bit
Day 87 thoughts: UK leading the way in Europe for vaccinations, 40% of most vulnerable group already vaccinated, signs infections are already coming down. We know things can change quickly, so perhaps that will happen next in a positive way! 1 head, 1 foot, 4 legs...A bed of course!
Isolate the lyrics 'I think we're gonna make it!': Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 87 track: Feeder - Buck Rogers
Day 88 thoughts: The new Clap for Carers has become Clap for Heroes, which started last week. Having been lively in Lockdown 1, not one of my neighbours was out last Thursday. Come on people, it might be cold and wet, but what genuine reason is there not to do it? Plus we get to leave the house! 8pm tonight
Pure Caribbean relaxation therapy!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 88 track: Mad-T-Guans - Island Girl
Day 89 thoughts: Incredible Fran Jones! The Brit has qualified for the Australian Open, her first Grand Slam. Doctors had told her she would never play tennis professionally due to a rare genetic disorder. Love that she's not a fan of social media too! Inspirational story.
Need to up the pace after yesterday!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 89 track: Ash - Girl from Mars
Day 90 thoughts: Every day I hear things are bad, but the reality is things are as they are. Once we label anything as bad, we empower it to make us stressed, angry, worried, and who wants to feel those negative emotions? Not saying it's easy, but our mindset dictates our emotions, and we can influence our mindset.
Almost 8 mins of chill!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 90 track: Blur - Tender
Day 91 thoughts: Crazy news! I've got a trip to Iceland planned for the end of the month! I last visited around 8 years ago, and always imagined I'd one day go back. The time seems right, as I'm just getting a bit tired of Sainsbury's! Have an awesome Sunday!
These guys won't pull you over to question the essentialness of your journey!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 91 track: The Police - Message in a bottle
Day 92 thoughts: (1/4) Next few days I'll share the story about why I recorded the new video in shorts and t-shirt, why the cold sensation was actually really nice, and something separate I started doing 6 months ago that I would recommend to EVERYONE! What? You haven't even watched the video yet? It's here!
Nominated by the Song-Dusoir's!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 92 track: David Bowie - Sound and Vision
Day 93 thoughts: (2/4) Second day of filming Video 57, it was -1 with a breeze. I wasn't sure I could handle it, but the body was strong, and 45mins in shorts/t-shirt felt great! Slight shiver at the end. Cold exposure benefits include body regulation, huge immune system boost, and happiness. You can start with a 5 second action...
Stay young at heart!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 93 track: Bluebells - Young at heart
Day 94 thoughts: (3/4) Switch your shower to cold for 5 seconds at the end. For 18 months, I thought no way, I can't do that! Then I started short, built it up to 2mins, and it's now the favourite part of my shower! The cold water shock takes a bit of getting used to, but even 30 seconds is enough to feel amazing after...
For Donald!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 94 track: Ray Charles - Hit the road Jack
Day 95 thoughts: (4/4) Science backs up the benefits of cold water, but it's free, so who's gonna promote it?! Everyone's different obviously, but I've grown to love it, and I'd recommend trying it, but perhaps start in July if the water is too cold now! Stand-up anyone? I like this guy!
For 3 minutes you can forget it's January in London!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 95 track: Los Lobos - La Bamba
Day 96 thoughts: Always a pleasure to be in Sainsbury's once a week, but even more so yesterday when a power issue caused the tills to reset and resulted in long queues. My suggestion that people should be allowed through without paying was taken as a joke, but I was being serious!
A song about gardening?: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 96 track: The Mock Turtles - Can you dig it?
Day 97 thoughts: Ah, another weekend! Over-flowing park car parks, people wandering around nature head down looking at their phones, or speaking to someone through bluetooth. Switch ya phones off! The benefit of being out in nature only happens if you actually notice it :)
An awesome nomination from Sophie!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 97 track: Metallica - Nothing else matters
Day 98 thoughts: Beautiful! The snow finally reaches London! You don't need me today, let the winter weather put a big smile on your face! Have an awesome snowy Sunday!
Snow the Canadian rapper best I can do, keep up with the lyrics!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 98 track: Snow - Informer
Day 99 thoughts: Perfect blue skies to start the week! Remember, once we move out of the current period, there's a very good chance things will never be like this ever again. Just have to find ways to make the most of it, make the most of now!
This song makes me want to dig out The Office and binge watch them all!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 99 track: Stereophonics - Handbags and Gladrags
Day 100 thoughts: We're on the cusp of our third milestone along the journey to Summer! The first was Dec 12th when the evenings started getting lighter, then Dec 22nd, when the days started getting longer (the quirk is to do with Earth travelling faster in December), but what's the third???
Altogether...Time....Don't let it slip away...: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 100 track: Aerosmith - Full Circle
Day 101 thoughts: Yes! It's officially around Jan 27th, based on historical weather data, that the temperature starts going UP again! HURRAY! Even better, check out this teacher's letter to the parents of her pupils, what a great human being! Well done Mrs White!
No worse than Easter eggs going on sale before Christmas!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 101 track: DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince - Summertime
Day 102 thoughts: I hope people aren't having things too bad right now. I know it's easy to say be positive, but if you're not feeling good, it's not what you want to hear! Try this though, a site dedicated to inspiring good news stories, how refreshing!
My favourite band! What's yours?: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 102 track: Green Day - Good Riddance (Time of your life)
Day 103 thoughts: So, I was by my car yesterday trying to get in having just unlocked it, but something wasn't right... it wasn't my car! Either I'm going senile, or I'm just out of practice when it comes to leaving the house and getting into my own car to go somewhere!
Can relate, though not the flowers!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 103 track: Sandi Thom - I wish I was a punk rocker
Day 104 thoughts: Here's your weekend pure chill-out challenge! Find a '360 nature' spot, somewhere you can rotate 360 degrees and see nothing that has been made by humans (don't just stand in a bush!). Ideally quiet too, and obviously no phone. It will be nice!
Remember this lot?!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 104 track: Ace of Base - The Sign
Day 105 thoughts: Today, it's all about getting out into nature, exercising, and having fun! I'm planning to video it too, and if that goes well, it will be my next feature on YouTube! Have an awesome Sunday whatever you are doing!
Live gig under a blue sky, good times!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 105 track: Madness - Wings of a dove (live Hyde Park)
Day 106 thoughts: Number one lesson learned from this pandemic, for me anyway - In life, don't ever wait for things to get better. It's not that they won't get better, it's just that we all have today, and waiting for things to get better is such a huge waste of today!
Who's still alive today? I am!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 106 track: Pearl Jam - Alive
Day 107 thoughts: Bonus Tuesday! A funny video, and another riddle for you!: I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I? Lockdown fun is the theme of my next Youtube video, and here's a friend of mine's hilarious effort, who does it full-time! Pandemic Tennis!
Can't go wrong with the 80's!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 107 track: Culture Club - Karma Chameleon
Day 108 thoughts: Good news this morning with great results on the effectiveness of the Oxford vaccine. Also, the sad news that Captain Sir Tom Moore has died from Covid, having done so much to help fight it, and also just missing out on getting vaccinated in time. The cruel irony of life. Yesterday's riddle answer: Seven!
So true!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 108 track: Alanis Morissette - Ironic
Day 109 thoughts: Creative uses of time keep emerging! Yesterday, correcting the lyrical errors I make when singing along to songs in the car! YouTube lyric videos have a purpose! One example of many, on 38secs in today's track, I always sang the chorus as 'Dare to the funk'!
Find out what the lyrics actually are!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 109 track: Gorillaz - 19-2000 Soulchild remix
Day 110 thoughts: Here's an interesting one, being able to have an argument and feel no anger or negative emotion. Here's how - Associate no importance with who's right and who's wrong, instead be open to learning something about the person you're arguing with! Love the idea anyway!
Yes, I did initially search for 'great great wine!': Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 110 track: UB40 - Red red wine
Day 111 thoughts: If things get a bit stressed, just remember we're all living on a small rock that's hurtling through space at 67000mph, going around a big yellow ball of nuclear radiation which keeps us alive! Have a chilled, relaxed, and awesome weekend!
Good vibrations for the weekend!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 111 track: Beach Boys - Good Vibrations
Day 112 thoughts: Here's 2 weeks when I'll be very happy to follow the guidelines, the Australian Open starts at midnight! A feast of tennis, and well worth becoming nocturnal and sleeping through the days for! With this in mind, daily thoughts will take a break until 22nd Feb. Stay positive, and enjoy the tennis!
Just keep going!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 112 track: Eddie Cochran - C'Mon Everybody
**Australian Open 2 week break**
Day 127 thoughts: We should have clarity for a restart date for tennis after today. The Aussie Open was fantastic, so much exciting tennis to watch! Also, I've been battling suspected kidney stones and infection since last Tuesday. At times, I've never felt so ill and weak in my life! Like the pandemic, it is what it is, and hopefully I'll be well again soon. Waiting on a scan, and I do feel a bit better today. Let me know if you had this before? Music resumes tomorrow
Day 128 thoughts: I'm sure many in the tennis community will feel frustrated that a safe sport like tennis can't resume at the same time the schools return. Us tennis lovers must continue to use the time off wisely, and make plans to hit the ground running on 29th March!
Don't believe it!: Today's music to help keep you relaxed and chilled out during the third edition of lockdown!
Day 128 track: Michael Bolton - Steel Bars (Live)
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