How would you have prepared?

I didn't do anything differently. I've shopped online for years, had a good supply of essentials in and bake my own bread.

I feel no need for hand sanitiser as I walk the dog every day, then wash my hands when I get back.

I don't have a thermometer but I'll know if I have a temperature!

I know I said I was trying to use the postal services as much as possible but I have just ordered some D Mannose powder, some urine test strips and some probiotics from a company called Sweet Cures. I don't tend to get cystitis these days but I do like to have some handy if I feel a uti coming on. And I meant to buy some pro biotics from Holland and Barrett a few weeks ago but forgot. The test strips are more for the dog; she's still young and hasn't had a season yet. I worry about pyometra etc. If I have test strips I can test her urine if I'm concerned and tell the vet the result. So, along with my vitD, zinc, vit C [which I will only take if I get the virus] I feel that I'm doing everything I can to keep myself healthy. The lovely lady that I bought the zinc from has been delivering to her customers; the packet is in quarantine in the garage at the moment. She even did a shop for an elderly lady that was struggling to get supplies the other day. She's an angel!

The only thing I would have done was brought more French cleaning materials back with me after our recent visit there.

The French have a much better selection of ecological and skin gentle products than we do. I doubt we will be back in our house in France in under 6 months and all my skin gentle products will have run out by then and I will be reduced to buying Ecover products that are not that good, certainly not hypo- allergenique and very expensive.

I also bring washing liquid for Dil and DGS, both of whom have eczema and have yet to find anything in the UK as gentle on their skin as French brands.