It has been one year since the first lockdown, and during that time there have been 4,301,925 confirmed cases of CORVID-19 and, sadly, 126,172 deaths attributed to the virus in the UK. In the last few months we have seen a massive effort to vaccinate the adult population with the current published figure (as at 21/03/2021) at 27,997,976 which is 44.9% of the population and over 50% of the adult population. On top of that, 2,281,384 people have had their second jab.

It is unlikely that they read this blog but I add my sincere condolences to the families of those lost, and my heart felt thanks to those who have worked throughout to keep those inflicted as comfortable as possible. All of the nurses, doctors, ambulance and paramedic crews, cleaners and volunteers; all the other front line workers such as care workers, police, fire and rescue; and all the others, such as garbage collection crews and shop workers who have kept us going.

I don’t often get involved in politics, but I will express my disgust at the level of the nurses 1% pay rise, given what they have done for us this last year. MP’s were going to get 3-4% increase this year. Although that was frozen after a public outcry, it seems a completely unfair gap considering the stress nurses have been put through.

On a slightly lighter note, our woes started a year ago last Friday with the cancelation of our flight to the USA. In a sense we were the lucky ones, as we got all our costs refunded and have come out the far side with a smile still on our faces.

Take care out there folks