Not a Caterpillar!

At least that's what my research and the Wildlife Trusts website says.  Instead it is a sawfly larvae.  Whatever, it has absolutely decimated three purple Berberis bushes in our front garden, removing the majority off their leaves in less than three days.

It was a lovely day once the cloud burned off at about 10 am.  I walked down to the park to watch the cricket for a couple of hours before a brief stop on the way back to take in a football match.  I couldn't help but notice that social distancing took on a whole new meaning on the touch line and decided to record it in a couple of panoramic shots (see extras).

I was interested to listen to the radio earlier this week and hear from a scientific contributor that despite all of the scenes of the masses on beaches, in parks, etc earlier in the summer, he hasn't heard of any mass outbreaks of positive cases in the community as a result of that behaviour.  Of course, there may be other reasons for that, including the low prevalence of positive cases during the summer, but he was putting forward his view that the virus doesn't transmit from person to person very efficiently when they are outside.  Unfortunately the northern hemisphere is moving into its autumn and winter period, when more social interaction will take place indoors or confined spaces.  I'm hopeful that his hypothesis is correct because I am working tomorrow morning to monitor behaviour at car boot sales.  I'm not expecting any better behaviour.