Feel Good Friday - Episode 5

Welcome to the fifth Feelgood Friday update from us at Sacha Scott!

And here are four fantastic pieces of news we've picked out from plenty of others which made us smile this week.

Humanity's Best Friend – We all know dogs are great companions at times like this but check this out. According to a report from The Telegraph's website, dogs are being trained to detect coronavirus in passengers arriving at UK airports.

It's thought that a 0.5-second sniff could detect the virus in asymptomatic travellers. The group of canine champions includes three cocker spaniels, a Labrador, a Labradoodle, and a Labrador golden retriever.  Amazing or what?

Natural Wonders – It was World Earth Day on Wednesday, and we marked it with a round-up of some of the positive impacts the reduction in travel, production and consumption have had on the planet.

These include: Cleaner air and clearer water being reported from as far away as Venice to Venezuela. Animals are also enjoying more freedom thanks to less human activity with deer roaming in Japanese villages, killer whales being seen for the first time in a generation off the coast of Canada and our personal favourite, goats strolling around the Welsh town of Llandudno.

Lockdowns Loosened in Europe

The UK may be in lockdown for another three weeks but hope springs from across Europe. Austria has allowed small shops to reopen and there are plans to ease Germany's lockdown, with some shops due to resume trade next week.

Denmark allowed schools to start back up and barbers and hairdressers reported a boom in trade as people got rid of their lockdown locks.

And finally, ….

If you want a big reason to Feel Good we have an easy way that you can help a very local charity that are struggling with donations due to charity shops being closed and events such as The London Marathon being cancelled.  The Children's Trust in Tadworth have launched their 2.6 challenge and you don't even need to break a sweat to enter.  We hear that one candidate is going to put 26 items of clothing on in 26 minutes for instance whilst others are sweating buckets to share a 26.2 mile no contact relay where each person runs 3 miles.  Whether you can donate £2.60, £26.20 or £262.00 please take a look at the link below and see if you can do something to help this wonderful charity fundraise during these difficult times.

https://www.thechildrenstrust.org.uk/events/two-point-six-challenge

It's incredible to see the generosity, compassion, kindness, and care people are showing across the UK and indeed the World.  Please keep it up now and beyond Lockdown.

From all at Sacha Scott, stay safe out there x