Woman and her husband came to see Caesar the donkey. He tried to bite them and was very bad tempered. They don't want him. Don't blame them. I wish someone wanted him.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Hostafan, keep some paracetamol handy. DH didn’t have much reaction, maybe like a very mild hangover, but I got shivers, chattering teeth and shaky hands that night. Took a couple of paracetamol and it wore off very quickly. Surprisingly, neither of us got a sore arm, which I usually do with my flu jab.
@Busy-Lizzie that's a shame. Maybe you'll have to work on socialising him. He's either had a very bad experience with someone before or is missing a friend who died or was taken away or else he's just an old grot bag but I'd bet one of the former. Has a vet checked him to see if he has an injury somewhere? That might make him cross too.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
@chicky We are the same as @Busy-Lizzie and @floralies. No-one for lunch, let alone tea or coffee for the past year. Only the boiler man who came to do the annual check-up (inside) and apart from outside work - not a sausage has crossed the threshold.
I would have loved to have had my neighbours over for a "Christmas Tea" instead, made them all mince pies and delivered them. One couple are front line workers at the hospital. One of them being in the Covid ward when numbers are over 25.
We take our shoes and clothes off in the conservatory before going straight to the bathroom to wash our hands. All SM etc. goods are washed outside with detergent. We wear disposable gloves too at the SM. And yes, we are sick and tired of it but we are doing our best to stay safe.
We are trying to get an appointment for the vaccine. There are vacancies but looks as if we'll have to go the 60km round trip to a neighbouring town. Lucky you @Hostafan1 !!
We hope that with the coming summer weather, we can invite our friends and have a meal or whatever together outside. I would imagine that @D0rdogne_Damsel did that with her staff get together.
It's what works for each person, I guess but I don't think it's over quite yet. Cheers to @punkdoc and the people that are down. The pleasure now is the garden and trots out with the dog - we are lucky living in a semi-rural area and near the sea.
Windy here today. That should blow a few cobwebs away!!
@tuikowhai34 and @chicky, I have had people to lunch, but they were family, son and daughter and I went to lunch with son. Daughter has invited me next weekend for her birthday. Son has been vaccinated, dentist, and daughter has regular Covid tests, teacher. I did stay for a light lunch with my friend after her husband's funeral. She has been vaccinated. We keep our distances.
I don't go as far as wearing gloves in the SM but I do clean the trolley with the disinfectant provided and use the gel for my hands. The people who saw the donkey didn't stay for coffee but I do make the builders, who are English, cups of tea. English builders have to have tea!
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Sorry, I think I’ve been misunderstood- to be clear I was not being critical of anyone having company for lunch - I’m just envious that it is something you can do in France (within your rules), whereas it is something forbidden here - and will continue to be forbidden til middle of May.
if you live in France and have chosen not to see anyone over the last year then that is absolutely your choice, and will be specific to your own circumstances, and is something I completely understand. I was just reflecting on the differences in what is “allowed”.
One of my favourite parts of Forkers is the insights it gives into life in other countries - France, Belgium, Ireland, Australia to name just a few. We are similar, but also different, in oh so many ways 😀
Some of these precautions seem to me to be completely over the top and we don't do any of them apart from wearing masks when in a shop and keeping our distance. we had several lunches in restaurants back in the summer when they were open, stayed on holiday in a hotel and ate out in cafes etc for a week in September. We've been to the dentist, had our eyes tested, had deliveries and been to the garden centre a few times.
We've both had our first jab.
My daughter's also stayed with us several times (we're in her bubble as she lives alone) whilst she had problems with housing a few months ago and she's coming up again at Easter. She will self-isolate before she comes.
This virus is not going to go away, we must learn to live with it and not in a climate of fear all the time.
The limit here is 6 adults people @chicky and even our farmer neighbours respected that at Xmas despite having loads of family nearby. The only flagrant rue breaking I've seen is the Parisians round the corner coming when they shouldn't and all the weekenders and 2nd homers who flock to the seafront and shops around les Sables d'Olonne where there is a long paved promenade.
Other than the Parisians, none of the 2nd homes here have been occupied since late October when everything stopped again. People in local shops and supermarkets all wear masks, use the sanitisers and keep distances. I dare say it's different in bigger, more urban and industrial towns and it's also been different in seaside places frequented by the younger set - lots of gatherings and parties. Round here it's mostly retired people and young families.
Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
"The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
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I would have loved to have had my neighbours over for a "Christmas Tea" instead, made them all mince pies and delivered them. One couple are front line workers at the hospital. One of them being in the Covid ward when numbers are over 25.
We take our shoes and clothes off in the conservatory before going straight to the bathroom to wash our hands. All SM etc. goods are washed outside with detergent. We wear disposable gloves too at the SM. And yes, we are sick and tired of it but we are doing our best to stay safe.
We are trying to get an appointment for the vaccine. There are vacancies but looks as if we'll have to go the 60km round trip to a neighbouring town. Lucky you @Hostafan1 !!
We hope that with the coming summer weather, we can invite our friends and have a meal or whatever together outside. I would imagine that @D0rdogne_Damsel did that with her staff get together.
It's what works for each person, I guess but I don't think it's over quite yet. Cheers to @punkdoc and the people that are down. The pleasure now is the garden and trots out with the dog - we are lucky living in a semi-rural area and near the sea.
Windy here today. That should blow a few cobwebs away!!
I don't go as far as wearing gloves in the SM but I do clean the trolley with the disinfectant provided and use the gel for my hands. The people who saw the donkey didn't stay for coffee but I do make the builders, who are English, cups of tea. English builders have to have tea!
if you live in France and have chosen not to see anyone over the last year then that is absolutely your choice, and will be specific to your own circumstances, and is something I completely understand. I was just reflecting on the differences in what is “allowed”.
One of my favourite parts of Forkers is the insights it gives into life in other countries - France, Belgium, Ireland, Australia to name just a few. We are similar, but also different, in oh so many ways 😀
Some of these precautions seem to me to be completely over the top and we don't do any of them apart from wearing masks when in a shop and keeping our distance. we had several lunches in restaurants back in the summer when they were open, stayed on holiday in a hotel and ate out in cafes etc for a week in September. We've been to the dentist, had our eyes tested, had deliveries and been to the garden centre a few times.
We've both had our first jab.
My daughter's also stayed with us several times (we're in her bubble as she lives alone) whilst she had problems with housing a few months ago and she's coming up again at Easter. She will self-isolate before she comes.
This virus is not going to go away, we must learn to live with it and not in a climate of fear all the time.
Other than the Parisians, none of the 2nd homes here have been occupied since late October when everything stopped again. People in local shops and supermarkets all wear masks, use the sanitisers and keep distances. I dare say it's different in bigger, more urban and industrial towns and it's also been different in seaside places frequented by the younger set - lots of gatherings and parties. Round here it's mostly retired people and young families.
Sounds like the donkey knows he's onto a good thing with you @Busy-Lizzie!