IT FEELS like a lifetime ago since we could head to the shops without a mask or leave the house without hand sanitizer at the ready.

A lot has changed since then and our previous way of living has been put on hold.

Casual trips to the pub are a thing of the past and we will have to wait until restrictions lift before we can enjoy a holiday once again.

We asked our readers ‘what do you miss the most about pre-lockdown life’.

Above all, you seem to miss human interaction more anything else.

This is what you had to say:

Stephen Norgrove said he missed “going out with the kids for the day”.

Soft play centers have been closed for months many of us will have taken family days out for granted.

Kate Humphreys misses a lot about pre-lockdown life.

She said: “ [I miss] my family and my friends, also my children’s friends- I miss hearing them playing in the garden .

“I miss my life! It’s either at work or at home.”

However, she also added that you need look at the positive and appreciate the slower pace of life we have right now.

She said: “Life will get very busy all of a sudden and don’t get me wrong I can’t wait for that- but I’ll never forget when life went quiet.”

One of our top fans, Cazza Cliffe said : “[I miss when] hugs and seeing loved ones was considered a beautiful thing, and not something to 'fear'”

In the pandemic, more people are being urged to work from home.

Andrew Ducksbury said he misses “working from home all on [his] own”.

Fiona Campbell simply misses “freedom”, while David Thomson misses “travelling and theatre”.