Category Archives: Lock Down

It’s That Time of the Year

Posted on 29 December 2021 by Alan Bell

The time between Christmas Eve and New Year’s Day is a bit strange in our household, particularly this year with the potential of another lockdown. Irrespective of the dithering’s of our Government, we made the decision to stay as safe … Continue reading →

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Vaccination Complete

Posted on 25 April 2021 by Alan Bell

I had my second jab of the AstraZeneca CORVID-19 vaccine yesterday – no side effects with either. The Boss had her second jab two weeks ago with only minor side effects of a bit of an ache at the insertion … Continue reading →

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One Year On

Posted on 23 March 2021 by Alan Bell

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 … Continue reading →

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A Look at the Numbers

Posted on 22 January 2021 by Alan Bell

For some morbid reason I have looked at the Corvid-19 numbers every day since the Pandemic was declared and they started showing them for all countries. I watched as China, then Italy, Spain and the United States took their turn, … Continue reading →

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Wishing You All a Happy and Prosperous New Year

Posted on 1 January 2021 by Alan Bell

Well 2020 has ended with a bang, or rather a damp squib; Brexit is done, bar the details, and the pandemic is galloping away after a slight hiatus towards the end of Novembers lockdown. The highlight of our year was … Continue reading →

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Another Lockdown Survived

Posted on 15 December 2020 by Alan Bell

Having gone through the big one earlier in the year, the 4 weeks of this one seemed to fly by; but has it done any good? Other than to slow the pace for a couple of weeks. We went in … Continue reading →

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The Way Forward is to go Backwards

Posted on 8 October 2020 by Alan Bell

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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Common Sense Is Not So Common

Posted on 16 August 2020 by Alan Bell

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 by Alan Bell

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 by Alan Bell

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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