It’s not all drivers, any more than it’s all cyclists, who behave in a dangerous and arrogant way …. but golly gosh there are some stupid idiots out there on both sides …. and the sooner both sides recognise that and work together to make the roads safer for everyone, the sooner it will happen …Â
@wild edges  You can't even sit outside now for a coffee or a meal without the Covid pass.  You are "scanned" on arrival!!  Be scanned or be damned!!
Here in France people go "out" for a coffee. Â It's very European unless you have a neighbour pop over - then you have your coffee at home @B3. Â It's nice to take visitors to your village square and faff over a good brew.
We went to our local rugby match on Friday night - scanned before entry. Â There was about 1 in 10 people wearing masks!! Â OK Â Open air - a stadium, but let's face it, we are cramped in plastic seats with knees practically on the shoulders of the person in front.
That looks like fun but who on earth decides children will love a cuddly pine cone?
Yes @wild edges, coffee in the sunshine on a terrace is lovely but no longer possible without a pass.  Having the coffee at home is not the point @B3 and by the time I go them home and found the paper it was time to go to the restaurant for lunch via the direct route and not the coast road as planned.Â
We did have a lovely lunch - moules de bouchot are so much tastier than the big, flabby Zeeland things you get in Belgium - and we found another great beach for a long walk along the shore.
A lovely restaurant serving French/African food about 3Km from us has decided to close for the rest of the year, they say that because of the Covid pass and Brexit they have too few people to make it viable. The trouble is it is rather "out in the sticks" but has beautiful views of the mountains from their outdoor terrace, I think they may do better if they re-locate to be nearer a town, whether they will we shall see.
I think the poor alpaca ended up far worse off - with all those people dragging it off, it must have been terrified. Had the owner just accepted it, the animal in question would still have been dead but without all the stress.Â
Exactly my thoughts when I watched the debacle on the news. The owner was well aware that she had lost her case and her Alpaca was to be destroyed. Had she handled the animal herself and led it into the trailer and settled it down, the stress would have been far less. To have all that commotion with the number of people around - even Police ??? - can only have added to the animal's distress She may well be proved right but neither she nor the other protesters involved showed much sensibility or knowledge on this particular occasion.
A lovely restaurant serving French/African food about 3Km from us has decided to close for the rest of the year, they say that because of the Covid pass and Brexit they have too few people to make it viable. The trouble is it is rather "out in the sticks" but has beautiful views of the mountains from their outdoor terrace, I think they may do better if they re-locate to be nearer a town, whether they will we shall see.
Restaurants in France blaming Brexit for lack of numbers? Don't the locals think much of the place?
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Why are you saying that in a reply to my post? You are accusing me of something I haven't done.
https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/dereham-cyclists-anger-over-hit-and-run-driver-8285042
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Here in France people go "out" for a coffee. Â It's very European unless you have a neighbour pop over - then you have your coffee at home @B3. Â It's nice to take visitors to your village square and faff over a good brew.
We went to our local rugby match on Friday night - scanned before entry. Â There was about 1 in 10 people wearing masks!! Â OK Â Open air - a stadium, but let's face it, we are cramped in plastic seats with knees practically on the shoulders of the person in front.
Yes @wild edges, coffee in the sunshine on a terrace is lovely but no longer possible without a pass.  Having the coffee at home is not the point @B3 and by the time I go them home and found the paper it was time to go to the restaurant for lunch via the direct route and not the coast road as planned.Â
We did have a lovely lunch - moules de bouchot are so much tastier than the big, flabby Zeeland things you get in Belgium - and we found another great beach for a long walk along the shore.
The owner was well aware that she had lost her case and her Alpaca was to be destroyed.
Had she handled the animal herself and led it into the trailer and settled it down, the stress would have been far less.
To have all that commotion with the number of people around - even Police ??? - can only have added to the animal's distressÂ
She may well be proved right but neither she nor the other protesters involved showed much sensibility or knowledge on this particular occasion.
Restaurants in France blaming Brexit for lack of numbers? Don't the locals think much of the place?