Simple pleasures like a trip to the seafront or feeding swans are a joy after 14 months of confinement
A minibus trip to Scarborough’s blustery esplanade arranged by her grandson marked a first step to freedom for Phyllis Padgham after a year confined to her care home.
The 94-year-old hadn’t left St Cecilia’s since the first lockdown. She hadn’t seen her two-year-old great-granddaughter, Willow, since she learned to walk and in common with hundreds of thousands of other care home residents across the country, cherished trips to garden centres and churches have been off-limits.
