last spring, director of eyam was safe isolating last spring, the rector of eyam was safe isolating after his wife caught covid. hi, mike. hi. how are you? i'm all right, thanks. we're standing back from you. since then, they've mourned two parishioners who had covid and there is a pressing desire for normality. yeah, it's been tough. and i think this last few weeks have been the toughest in some ways because there was a real sense in the first lockdown, almost a blitz spirit, wasn't there, and people were going, "yeah, we can do this." now there is a weariness. the lord is my light and my salvation. in the same church where a distant predecessor preached in plague times, there is consolation via a daily online service. sheila vipond celebrated her 96th birthday under lockdown. and just as she was when i first met her, she is irrepressible. hello! how are you, my dear? it's been many months. yes, it has, but such a lot has happened since then. i always remember what my mother said, "i'm never lonely but i am alone." and when i think of that, then i feel uplifted. what do you say is the se