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Living in nightmarish monotony hardly makes for interesting debate or entertaining chit-chat.
On a recent walk with my husband, I lapsed into silence for a good half hour. Awkward, he joked. I have nothing new to say!
Luckily, a simple yet ingenious trend has come to my rescue. Conversation cards.
Whether you yearn to connect more meaningfully with your partner or simply take a break from anxious exchanges and laugh over silly, sweet, or outrageous personal topics, there is a game to suit.
Anna Maxted and her husband Phil (above) tried out conversation cards to help people connect to their partners after being stuck indoors with them during lockdown
Ah, the joy of an evening run or bike ride even if only in retrospect.
Braving the chill of a late winter afternoon can be perversely exhilarating, and, after a sedentary day indoors, feel like a smug victory.
But how to keep yourself both safe and warm? Happily, ANNA MAXTED discovers, there’s an array of new technologically advanced exercise gear out there that will keep you visible, cosy and supremely stylish.
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Glowtopia LED white shoelaces, £5.49, glowtopia.co.uk
Anna Maxted picked out a selection of technologically advanced exercise gear suitable for an evening run or bike ride - including Glowtopia LED white shoelaces (pictured)
Writer Sarah Rodrigues children slumping on the sofa at home
Credit: Andrew Crowley
Lockdown 1” started well, exercise-wise. Everyone in my household set lofty goals. My 20-year-old daughter – home from university – downloaded the Couch to 5K app and started running in the spring sun. My 19-year-old, furloughed from her gap-year job, spent mornings practising keepy-uppies in the garden. (She intended to trial for her university football team in autumn and was determined to keep fit.) My 14-year-old daughter’s motivation was more dubious – images of washboard stomachs on social media. She found some “six-pack abs” routines and, once a day, took my exercise mat to her room to wriggle about on the floor. I also did a couple of online routines a day and my husband, missing his cycle commute, set off on early-morning bike rides along the Thames.