It was a surprise when Barnard pulled up in his camper van, with his wife, Beaumaris, and his young sons, Dudley and Warwick, a week into lockdown. We'd no idea they were coming but apparently they were acting on instinct.
And who'd have thought, at a time like this, that we would be lucky enough to acquire an optometrist! I'm not sure that Barnard's technique is altogether orthodox. But he's right. If people can get round that obstacle course without crashing their cars, there's nothing wrong with their eyesight.
Barnard's clinic will reopen once we've cleared the debris from the drive. Meanwhile Beaumaris is busy writing an article on their experiences here for the Beaker magazine: "Our Lockdown in East Grinstead".
I wonder if Dominic Cummings might turn up there?
ReplyDeleteHe has a habit, which could well suit him becoming a member of the Beaker Folk, of completely ignoring the law, of wandering around the country in a blind daze of Corona Symptoms and putting people at risk of contamination by Brexit and Boris mania. Ideal for an Arch Druid to batter insensible with a cricket bat.