Wrapping the flag- a lot going on
Category: UK
Dose 2
On Saturday I had the second dose of the vaccine. A good thing.
Did my body know about it!
After about 12 hours I experienced the body aches and then in bed had shivers, fevers and total body pain. The next day I slept for hours.
This was just like having the real thing again- a flashback to 12 months ago.
With a reaction like that after 2 doses of vaccine and the real infection one would hope this shows my immune system is truly primed and ready to fight if needed.
Thoughtful
I went to the funeral of John Percival- better known to me as Anthony’s dad- today.
The service was very good with music from a violinist and singer.
It made me think of my favourite hymns and this one came back to me from the days at St. Ben’s in Khandallah.
Covid vaccination
Dose 1 done in Southall. Starting to ache already……
Yesterday’s walk
Holiday Walk
One of my new books for Christmas. A book of walks derived from closed railway lines. Interestingly we saw an episode of the series on TV5 which featured a walk in Devon.
Our number 1 walk is in north London:
My first time in Finsbury Park and to Alexander Palace. Very nice area of the city.
Brexit Deal
An agreement was made yesterday. I have not yet read any detail. However, no matter the deal, each side was always likely to claim events had turned out how they expected. So an expected response claiming a victory:
Celebrating
Crisis, what crisis?
Supermarkets airlifting fruit and vegetables to UK amid shortage fears
Shops and suppliers take action as border issues persist despite end of French blockade
Supermarkets and their suppliers are planning an unprecedented airlift of fresh fruit and vegetables into the UK next week amid fears the lifting of a French blockade will not prevent some shortages in stores.
One major supermarket, which declined to be named, said it had already begun flying in produce from Spain and north Africa and another said it was considering doing so, while the Lufthansa landed 80 tonnes of fruit and vegetables at Doncaster airport on Wednesday.
Note report of airlifts by Germany- the Berlin airlift in reverse?
An this is before Brexit chaos- though the much touted deal is apparently imminent.
Current times
A few of cartoons to describe the current situation.
The Torygraph (maybe less so the Borisograph) takes on the anti- social controls perspective to the pandemic response. It is all too much to have social restrictions when I presume there are pubs that need costumers to spend money. The commentators libertarian perspective is that the controls are undemocratic, possible unBritish(or is that now unEnglish), and that the response is killing the economy (that is the money side not concern about the people side. It is seen as an either/or and not that if the pandemic is raging then people will be sick/ not at work/ and not keen to socialise anyway.
With the recent focus on money with the mini Budget announcement, apparently austerity is not back – unless you are a low paid public sector worker of course or if you were a beneficiary of overseas aid. Moral compass and soft power out of the window.
I like the ‘Chum Aid” reference, as lots written about contracts and jobs for friends in the pandemic response. Known as corruption otherwise.
The issues grow and nil looks good.