We're Sunbathing Indoors During Lockdown. Here's How You Can, Too
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There’s nothing more joyous in springtime than clear blue skies, warm weather and the possibility of spending the whole day outside in the sun – until now.
Under the strict coronavirus lockdown measures, we’re only able to leave the house for four reasons – and sunbathing isn’t one of them. But the great British public are getting creative, while staying within the letter of the law.
And now the hot April weather is here, it’s time to sunbathe... from the inside.
“I’m currently sitting at the window enjoying sporadic sunshine,” Susie Ledson, from Edinburgh, tells me. “The only problem I have is fighting the cat every day for the sunny chair!”
Following the “stay at home” advice from the government, Ledson is making the most of these newly sunny days by sunbathing indoors, and can’t recommend it highly enough. “I can eat whatever I want, the loo is nearby, oh and most importantly-cups of tea!” she says, adding that suncream is still important if the sun is on your face.
Anyone else so pale they got sunburnt through an open window?
— Becky Barnes (@BeckyBarnesB) April 7, 2020
I can confirm that I have suncreamed my legs so they don’t get burnt through the window
— Ben Cartwright (@bajcartwright) April 7, 2020
Saga, from Sweden, also enjoyed some rays this weekend from inside her own home. “Sunbathing indoors is a great way of getting some sun, but also staying safe from spreading or catching the virus,” she tells HuffPost UK.
And if you needed any more encouragement, perhaps these sun worshipping cats will do the trick. This is Jessie Bagpipes, who was snapped soaking up some sunshine by owner Jane Campbell, from Goginan near Aberystwyth.
“The cats love to laze in sun puddles by our lounge windows,” says Campbell. “We have a garden but being Wales the weather is unpredictable and the...
