Coronavirus: Meet Britain's unlikely key workers
Whether it's nurses, carers or supermarket staff, key workers have rightly been hailed as heroes during lockdown.
Matt, who lives in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, said he never thought of stopping his job because of lockdown. Matt says he loves that, despite coronavirus, people still come up to him to ask him about what he's doing."It's not as if I'm walking a dog down the road," he says."People show a lot of interest in it - that's one of the reasons I love it."Lockdown has been"a rollercoaster" on Lunan Bay Farm, in Angus. Perched on the eastern coast of Scotland, the farm produces free range goat meat, honeyberries and other niche products.
The farm usually uses lightweight tractors in the asparagus fields, with pickers filling baskets on a platform pulled behind it. But to ensure social distancing they needed a much larger platform, meaning a heavier tractor was required."By compacting the ground it will have an impact on next year's crop. So there were a lot of consequences of Covid for us."The farm has 15 acres of asparagus and harvested 7,500kg in the six weeks from 4 May.
Working mainly from home, he created a next day booking system, where all the boats wanting to pass had to register for a set time the following day, giving Alex time to arrive, unlock the locks, and make sure coronavirus protocols were being stuck to by boaters.A team of more than 60 volunteers usually help to maintain and run the locks
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