Part of the new lockdown sub-culture that's sprung up here are boxes of free toys outside people's houses.
Since shopping is out the window these boxes of free toys are a welcome way for kids to get a teddy, DVD or a jigsaw whilst out walking and biking with their folks.
Out walking we ourselves were given a carrier bag of Winnie the Pooh jigsaws outside a stranger's house this morning as soon as we mentioned we had new granddaughter we haven't really seen!
I like these random acts of kindness and the freebie boxes are one of the more pleasant sides of lockdown.
Is this happening in your neck of the woods?
We've been putting a couple of boxes of books out (when it isn't raining!), and people have taken a few, surprisingly (when you're as cynical as me) no one has taken the whole box! And one little girl left a nice thank you note on a scrap of paper in one of the boxes!
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Well done Hugh. Very kind. We'd do the same but no-one ever goes past our house!
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