I’ve been out watering since 6.  Agree that its a lovely time to be out there 😀
Last day of college for me today ….its a bit sad.  Feel like we are only just getting to know each other (the online learning from January to March disrupted things a bit).  I’ve signed up to do the practical course next year - so will see the tutors and one or two of my classmates then.
Littlest chicklet very sad that all their end of Uni celebrations on 21st June are now cancelled.  I’m sure they will find a way to party regardless, but she had been really looking forward to one last Student’s Union bash.  Its been a totally rubbish time to be 21.
It's been very tough for the young @chicky. In fact, it's been tough for a lot of people, lost jobs, poverty, businesses going bust, deaths etc. Will it ever end?
Thank you @punkdoc. I hope so too. I have driven to the UK on my own before, but I was about 12 years younger and there is more to think about now because of Covid and the paperwork and tests.Â
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
Talking to some of my nephews and nieces at the wedding, it was clear that they have had awful year's and sadly the young have been blamed for most of the problems, which were really not their fault.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
Well ... the few festivals, concerts and other events that had been planned for the summer won't happen now ... all the work and expense that had gone into the planning etc has been wasted ... the entertainment industry was already on it's knees ... this is the death knell for so many small businesses ... the government refused categorically to authorise covid cancellation cover ... the one industry that's had no help at all to survive ... it's highly unlikely that my son will ever be able to resume his career ...Â
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I feel sorry for your son Dove,  so many people in a similar situation,  hopefully they will get on top of this now with vaccines. My grandson was so looking forward to having 2 years away at school for his A levels, I think he’s done about 3 maybe 4 terms.  I did get a refund on the costs though which was good as they’ve still got to pay rates, bills and other costs on the accommodation.Â
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.Â
Last year I was all for lockdown, masks, Covid rules etc, but there wasn't a vaccine then. Now that there are vaccines I'm really wondering whether all the restrictions should be lifted as it's causing so much damage to people's lives in other ways. I wonder what @punkdoc thinks now? Maybe I'll go and look for the Covid thread and see what others are thinking. I feel that the French haven't been as strict recently as the UK but the figures are dropping dramatically.
Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
I think that it is an unbelievably difficult situation, with almost no right answer. Most of the people who I have worked with on other aspects of the pandemic, think that we should wait until most adults have had both vaccine doses.
My biggest worry has always been, what if there is a variant that is unresponsive to available vaccines.
Obviously I have been to two social gatherings in the last week, this did worry me, but I tried to be as careful as possible, but there was no way you could describe either of them as remotely COVID safe.
How can you lie there and think of England When you don't even know who's in the team
The harsh reality is that Covid spreads through close personal contact. The route out is vaccination otherwise we will all suffer wave after wave of infections with high impact on health services. There is the possibility of the virus mutating itself into a less transmissible variant and then dieing out but there is no sign of that yet and it might never happen. The last easing of restrictions led to an awful lot of people behaving as if it was all over and that is why we now have a third wave.
That leaves politicians with the impossible questions - how many people are you prepared to kill and how much damage can the economy sustain?
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I have been up since silly o'clock too, but lovely to sit in the garden listening to the birds.
Hope your journey goes well @Busy-Lizzie.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Last day of college for me today ….its a bit sad.  Feel like we are only just getting to know each other (the online learning from January to March disrupted things a bit).  I’ve signed up to do the practical course next year - so will see the tutors and one or two of my classmates then.
Littlest chicklet very sad that all their end of Uni celebrations on 21st June are now cancelled.  I’m sure they will find a way to party regardless, but she had been really looking forward to one last Student’s Union bash.  Its been a totally rubbish time to be 21.
Thank you @punkdoc. I hope so too. I have driven to the UK on my own before, but I was about 12 years younger and there is more to think about now because of Covid and the paperwork and tests.Â
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
My grandson was so looking forward to having 2 years away at school for his A levels, I think he’s done about 3 maybe 4 terms.  I did get a refund on the costs though which was good as they’ve still got to pay rates, bills and other costs on the accommodation.Â
Most of the people who I have worked with on other aspects of the pandemic, think that we should wait until most adults have had both vaccine doses.
My biggest worry has always been, what if there is a variant that is unresponsive to available vaccines.
Obviously I have been to two social gatherings in the last week, this did worry me, but I tried to be as careful as possible, but there was no way you could describe either of them as remotely COVID safe.
When you don't even know who's in the team
S.Yorkshire/Derbyshire border