It’s a cold, grey and a wet start to day 3. The wind is rattling in from the East and there’s thunder and lightning in the sky. Quarantine isn’t going to be a problem this morning.

We are though becoming more concerned that this could extend for months. Information is at a premium and various rumours abound with regards to border closure, freedom of passage and possible port closures.

We exchange email addresses with a couple heading up through Spain and France for the Dieppe to Newhaven ferry whilst we continue to assess options.

One person is allowed out for 1 hour a day to walk dogs. We are thinking about sending a flyer to all dog owners offering to pay them to walk their dogs. What an upside down world this has become!

Our friends send a picture from onboard the Cadiz to Sevilla train. It’s 9 o’clock in the morning and the first stage of their travels are looking good – complete with a breakfast Prosecco. As the train looks empty I ask if there are many other passengers. They reply, “No, there is someone else on the train somewhere…. I think he’s driving”.