Mission 11.01 - Lockdown & The NHS

RETRO BLOG - JUNE 2020

As we came out of national Lockdown in June 2020, it was a relief to think that life was beginning to return to normality once again. Since March of this year, the world as we know it had been struck down by Coronavirus, with over 50,000 casualties. The NHS faced unprecedented times, as they were stretched to the limit and beyond. For weeks on end, lockdown affected everyone and life was very different, with an ever increasing threat that we all faced, as Coronavirus ripped through the world.

As we came out of lockdown a semblance of normality began to surface.We were no longer tied to the confines of our homes. It was an uplifting feeling to be able to do the normal things in life once again - things that we had maybe taken for granted, at times. I headed out one night to the Tommy statue (Mission 11.01) at Seaham Harbour, County Durham. Their was no plan, other than to get some fresh air and hopefully pull in a couple of decent shots. The backdrop that was an NHS sign seemed to be the perfect exceuse to get out of the car and record a snapshot of these very strange times. After all, if it wasn't for our NHS, god only knows how worse the death toll would have been!

Ash