the renowned author recently traveled from new zealand to scotland and is now apologising for itthe american gods author had been in new zealand with his wife and son which was on a level 4 lockdown when it went down to a level three lockdown he traveled to his home in the island of skye in scotlandhe revealed on a blog post on 14th may that hed been in scotland for two weeks and in a followup post on 18th may he apologised for his actions and explained why he did ithe wrote because like so many other people my homelife and work had been turned upsidedown by the covid19 lockdowns i was panicked more than a little overwhelmed and stuck in new zealand i went to the uk government website the website advised those living in the uk and had been stuck abroad to return so he caught a flight from auckland to lax and then one from lax to london he then borrowed a car from a friend and drove to skyehe mentioned he had been visited by police officers who came to check on him and to ensure he was isolatinglike all the locals who have reached out to me theyve been astonishingly kind he wrotehe urged readers not to do what he did for it was a mistakethere have been many rumours flying about how he and his wife might be divorcing and he addressed that in his posts as well sharing a joint letter from the two of them on the rumours it clearly stated that they were not getting divorced but are working through their problems and would like to keep it private