Afternoon all, I've now officially started my isolation before my op. Final blood test done yesterday, Covid test sent off this morning and I'm now trying to get all the last minute things done. Almost done all the wrapping, Secondborn has been having the boys pressies sent here (she's not daft is she). I've finished planting tulip bulbs and planted two roses that I had heeled in until I could manage to get them into their pots. Have a couple of days left to get the place clean and tidy. I'm trying to stay busy to stop worrying about any possible cancellation. Thanks for all the good wishes everyone. @Hostafan1 Hugs for you and anyone else who needs them. @Chicky I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you get the Christmas you want.
Greetings all. It's sunny here but cold with a penetrating north easterly wind. I've been very naughty and stayed in bed all morning reading a book but I am about to tackle the Xmas tree lights and start hanging the baubles.
Good to see you @Yviestevie and fingers crossed all goes well and no cancellations.
Let's hope we all get the Xmas we planned, wherever and however that is.
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Very mild here with no wind at all, which is unusual for this area. SM delivery bought us a dozen bottles of the good stuff so we're well stocked up. Managed to do an hour's rose pruning just before lunch, that's about half the roses done. Found some tiny hibernating ladybirds in the stem junctions, hope they survive. Good luck with the op @Yviestevie. Hugs @Hostafan1 and @Punkdoc. I've got a haircut booked for tomorrow and last minute pressie shopping and so far our Xmas lunch with friends in a pub is still on for Saturday - fingers crossed. We think we might go even if it is cancelled just to try to keep the pub in business.
Hugs back atcha @D0rdogne_Damsel 🤗 and those cakes look splendid. I’ve been meaning to say, I don’t know if you get much demand for vegan cakes, but I can recommend this one … and the icing is completely to die for! Just like those Reese’s peanut butter chocolate cups!
Good heavens @D0rdogne_Damsel! And you find time to decorate them all
France is tightening up travel rules. This is what my ex-pat newspaper says "Arrivals will be restricted to residents of France, French nationals and their immediate families as a limited list of essential reasons for travel is imposed on all travellers, regardless of vaccination status.
This will effectively rule out tourism and also work trips for people who do not have French or EU nationality, government spokesperson Gabriel Attal said. The time frame in which people can take their obligatory pre-departure PCR or antigen tests for travel to France will also be tightened from 48 hours to 24 hours.
People arriving in France will have to sign up to an app which will generate a prefectural decree requiring them to quarantine.
This means that people coming into the country from the UK will have to self-isolate for seven days, although this can be in a place of their choosing.
However, travellers can leave quarantine after 48 hours if they can provide the negative result from a Covid test taken after their arrival in France.
Mr Attal announced the new measures on BFMTV this morning (December 16), saying that: “We are going to introduce even more drastic border controls with the UK. We are going to limit the reasons which allow people to come from the UK to France.”
This means OH won't be able to come to France until things ease off. It may mean flights being cancelled again.
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Have a couple of days left to get the place clean and tidy.
I'm trying to stay busy to stop worrying about any possible cancellation.
Thanks for all the good wishes everyone.
@Hostafan1 Hugs for you and anyone else who needs them.
@Chicky I'm keeping my fingers crossed that you get the Christmas you want.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Good to see you @Yviestevie and fingers crossed all goes well and no cancellations.
Let's hope we all get the Xmas we planned, wherever and however that is.
Hugs to Hosta and Punkd
Hello everyone else. I'm wearing tinsel and trying to feel festive for the online Christmas party this afternoon.
I think I need chocolate
“It's still magic even if you know how it's done.”
Very mild here with no wind at all, which is unusual for this area. SM delivery bought us a dozen bottles of the good stuff so we're well stocked up. Managed to do an hour's rose pruning just before lunch, that's about half the roses done. Found some tiny hibernating ladybirds in the stem junctions, hope they survive.
Good luck with the op @Yviestevie.
Hugs @Hostafan1 and @Punkdoc.
I've got a haircut booked for tomorrow and last minute pressie shopping and so far our Xmas lunch with friends in a pub is still on for Saturday - fingers crossed. We think we might go even if it is cancelled just to try to keep the pub in business.
Hugs for @Hostafan1 and @chicky, oh, go on then @punkdoc, you too, although @Busy-Lizzie and @Dovefromabove are thoroughly deserving....ok, group hug for all.
Cake making all day again today, and so much more....I'm counting on the days until it's all over, so far 288 mince pies made and 30 Xmas Puddings.
Charlie just dropped into the conversation this morning he'd promised the school fair a dozen cupcakes....
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/vegan_peanut_choc_cake_64828
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
This will effectively rule out tourism and also work trips for people who do not have French or EU nationality, government spokesperson Gabriel Attal said. The time frame in which people can take their obligatory pre-departure PCR or antigen tests for travel to France will also be tightened from 48 hours to 24 hours.
People arriving in France will have to sign up to an app which will generate a prefectural decree requiring them to quarantine.
This means that people coming into the country from the UK will have to self-isolate for seven days, although this can be in a place of their choosing.
However, travellers can leave quarantine after 48 hours if they can provide the negative result from a Covid test taken after their arrival in France.
Mr Attal announced the new measures on BFMTV this morning (December 16), saying that: “We are going to introduce even more drastic border controls with the UK. We are going to limit the reasons which allow people to come from the UK to France.”
This means OH won't be able to come to France until things ease off. It may mean flights being cancelled again.