Two frights this afternoon. Went to walk down the front terrace steps when a rat ran across from the bird feeder in front of me and disappeared under the water butt next to where I had been working - ugh. Ten minutes later, cautiously, on the other side of the garden planting a new heuchera, looked up to see a very big 'thingie' flying towards me. I must admit I panicked (I'm allergic to stings), thought it was an Asian hornet and when it landed on the grass near me, promptly put the plastic box of fertiliser on it. I'm too scared to lift it off today and have another look, will try to get hold of a child's fishing net tomorrow!
I don't think private medical practice would be half so profitable if they had to train their own staff. They recruit them ready-trained at someone else's expense, either the UK taxpayer via the NHS, or from overseas.
This greeted me on my walk today. Understandable as the amount of walkers up the road has massively increased since lockdown. Normally I just see the farmers and maybe have a quick chat but now I have to avoid several families and the amount of extra litter is getting annoying too. There's an older lady that lives in the house you can see and she's on the vulnerable list. Lovely garden though. We always stop and chat plants when she's out there.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
@Lizzie27 I had a fright too. Moved one of the stones around the pond as it was in danger of falling in and two frogs jumped into the pond, really made me jump. Was lovely to see them though.
After this virus stuff is all over we should have corona lockdown memorial weekends where we reenact the crisis so we don't forget the bad and the good. Outside now the sky is crystal clear and it's totally silent apart from two owls having a bit of a hoot off. I'll miss this when it's gone.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
I don't think private medical practice would be half so profitable if they had to train their own staff. They recruit them ready-trained at someone else's expense, either the UK taxpayer via the NHS, or from overseas.
Whilst I agree, it's not the strongest of arguments given the number of staff in the NHS, and in health care in general, who trained abroad and were then encouraged to come to the UK to work.
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Whilst I agree, it's not the strongest of arguments given the number of staff in the NHS, and in health care in general, who trained abroad and were then encouraged to come to the UK to work.
I haven't used a Flymo in years, but the one I had used spacers to adjust the cut height.