The Sherborne Podcast

Coping with COVID-19: Plants, Roots, Footlights and A Breath of The Wild

Episode Summary

On the sixth weekend of the coronavirus lockdown, how are we coping without an appointment at the hairdressers, visiting a garden centre or going to the theatre?

Episode Notes

Hairdressers have been closed for nearly six weeks. How are you coping? 

TSP meets Charlotte Fairclough who owns the Pure Hair salon in Half Moon Street and asks whether we should get out the scissors and try a little D-I-Y.

It's rumoured garden centres could be among the first businesses to re-open when the coronavirus restrictions begin to be lifted. Behind the walls at Castle Gardens preparations are underway. 

TSP talks to Louise Burks who opened Castle Gardens with her husband Mike in 1987.

Theatres and entertainment venues have been dark since the start of the lockdown. Productions have been postponed or cancelled, and actors are working other jobs.

The Octagon Theatre's box office supervisor Charlotte Wood tells TSP how Yeovil's entertainment venues are coping during the crisis.

And if you've completed all the levels on your latest PS4 game, TSP has some tips for what to play next.