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The thought of re-entering society after lockdown gives me a tingle of excitement – and fear

I’m not one for bold statements, but at the park today it actually did feel like it was over. I was pretty much the only one wearing a mask, so I took it off out of mask shame. It felt good. Real good, says Konnie Huq

Friday 02 April 2021 21:30 BST
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<p>It was a bit sunny so I took the kids to the park. Wild. It felt like a pre-pandemic bank holiday weekend: very wild</p>

It was a bit sunny so I took the kids to the park. Wild. It felt like a pre-pandemic bank holiday weekend: very wild

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The completion of step 1 happened this week (that’s the first stage of the easing of the rules that came in before Christmas, in case you didn’t know; but you probably did. And if you didn’t, where have you been?!).

The answer to that question is, of course: nowhere. You couldn’t have been anywhere, because step 1 hadn’t happened, then. We’ve all had to STAY AT HOME.

Monday 29 March saw the second and last phase of step 1, though, which means you can now go somewhere, if you want – not on holiday or overnighting or anything like that (that’s step 2 onwards), but you can do “minimal travel”... whatever that means. Somewhere beyond the supermarket, presumably.

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