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An early morning trip to the dentist took me down to Shipley for the first time since lockdown. The dentist was fully rigged up in PPE to replace a filling that had fallen out a couple of months back. It was fairly routine in the end, and no anaesthetic was needed so I was able to feel normal for the rest of the day.

I did pop across the road to the urban meadow where Marbled White butterflies can be found, but it was cool and overcast so I didn't spend too long looking - I will pop down again on a sunny day in the next couple of weeks.

The roads did seem quieter than would be typical, and even this entrance to the Shipley-Bradford cycle path had acquired an informal sign urging people not to travel.

I walked back along the canal - again something that I hadn't done since March. Threre were lots of greylag and canada geese although no goslings, unless they've all grown up already.