Author Archives: Alan Bell

The Way Forward is to go Backwards

Posted on 8 October 2020

It was predictable; there we were nicely pushing down the R rate but still looking at between 500 – 600 new virus cases a day – the government decides to loosen up on the rains and let us mere mortals … Continue reading →

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50 Years and Still Going Strong

Posted on 12 September 2020

Or at least she hasn’t killed me yet At 12:30 on Saturday the 12th September 1970, I married Mary, the love of my life; although at the time we had only known each other for 6 months. A couple of … Continue reading →

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Common Sense Is Not So Common

Posted on 16 August 2020

I really do not believe the mentality of some people; There was an article in the News (Daily Mirror I think) with a lady saying, along the lines of, ‘I was forced to leave my husband and two children behind … Continue reading →

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A Birthday and End Of Shielding

Posted on 1 August 2020

Those in the Governments Shielding category can now play outside – hurrah; the trouble is that the risk should a shielded person contract Corvid-19 hasn’t gone away. All my life I have taken risks; mostly calculated but sometimes just stupid; … Continue reading →

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Back to Normal – Not Quite

Posted on 5 July 2020

You would think that the PM said ‘it’s all over you can go back to being the same morons as before’ rather than ‘maintain social distancing and be sensible’. Judging by the pictures on the news, even allowing for the … Continue reading →

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Escape!!!

Posted on 5 June 2020

After two and a half months of lockdown we are told that we can now go out for a walk provided we maintain social distancing; those who have read my earlier posts will know that the boss is in the … Continue reading →

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Crew Dragon docks with ISS

Posted on 31 May 2020

Just watched the Crew Dragon docking with the ISS and managed to take some great screen captures                           Doug Hurley, the Crew Dragon commander, was the pilot of STS-135, the final flight of the Space Shuttle program on the … Continue reading →

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NASA–Space X & Crew Dragon

Posted on 30 May 2020

Watched the launch of the Space X Demo-2 Falcon carrying NASA Astronauts Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley in the Crew Dragon today.                   https://blogs.nasa.gov/commercialcrew/2020/05/30/nasas-spacex-demo-2-launch-a-great-day-for-america/ Back in the early 1960’s we were fortunate to read about and watch mans first exploration … Continue reading →

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Happy Birthday Mary

Posted on 28 May 2020

Fifty years ago today (28/05/2020) I wished my future wife, Mary, Happy Birthday and gave her a box of Cadburys Milk Tray wrapped, as she is fond of reminding me, in a brown paper bag; those were in the days … Continue reading →

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Arriving Home

Posted on 16 May 2020

Had it not been for the Virus we would have arrived home from the States this morning, nice and brown and knackered because of the overnight flight. As it happens I awoke at around 04:50 this morning, went to the … Continue reading →

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