Besides not seeing anyone who was maskless, my shopping this morning saw me having to make do with quite a few second or third choice items because the things I wanted really were not available. Last week, I was struck by the number of empty shelves and lack of the normal choices I’d have, but presumed it was a one off, yet, if anything, it was even worse this week.

There are a few possibilities, I’m just being unlucky in that what I usually buy just happens to be scarce at the moment, it’s a seasonal thing or it’s early on a Monday morning and so the shelves haven’t all been filled yet.

The trouble with all of these possibilities is that I’ve never experienced them before at this time of year in the last decade or more, so is something else (Brexit related perhaps?) going on?