And so the bars have re-opened. Well, they have opened their hatches if not their doors but people instantly flocked to every bar in the hood to pay 5 x the price for alcohol to be put in a plastic cup so they could stand outside on a pavement near each other. Think it just shows how gregarious we are by nature and how all people want to do is congregate. The lockdown has really highlighted this compulsive need to socialise with each other as a primary drive of our species. Mammals innit?
It was quite a shock to see for the first time. I turned the corner onto Portobello and was genuinely jaw-dropped to see these gatherings. It looked so alien to see all these people alongside one another. And as you can see everyone is obeying social distance guidelines to a tee, although the message can’t have quite got through exactly as they have chosen to use the imperial system rather than the metric one as they are all 2 feet from each other. Well, at least they got the number right..sure the virus will take into account they’ve made an effort of sorts…