What are you all up to

TDA but take a look at the deaths for these Countries combined

1389 compared to 830 in the UK, throw Germany into the mix

and comes to 2578 so as Brue says difficult to compare

It’s it’s only a snapshot of data I agree, we don’t have the back up information to drill down to be able to fully compare like with like. 

But I don’t think our statistics in any way shape or form cover the nation in glory. Either it’s Government or it’s people. A very high %will be doing all they can to keep safe. But it’s the minority that are wreaking the havoc, combined with some woefully bad decision making.

Listened to the Welsh Health Minister on their lunchtime broadcast today. The infection figures are atrocious but the interesting point was that they are now seeing the largest increase in the Over 60s age group.

Surprise, Surprise!! "Let's all get together for Christmas and New Year" obviously won out to the "Let's isolate away from our families this year".

Who'd have thunk it?🤔

Had a stranger in the house. Most disconcerting but he was British Gas man finding and fixing a leak. Windows wide open, masks and detergents to the fore.

You could do with some respite Robsail. Hope you get some soon.

We went out and did our food shopping this morning, back to just once a week again. 

It was a horrible morning with thick freezing fog so thought it would be quiet in the shops. Wrong, seems just the same as before lockdown, even saw some children out shopping with both parents.

In the first lockdown we were encouraged to shop alone, in fact the shops were only allowing one person to a trolley. We do both go in but only if getting shopping for elderly neighbours.

Roads were as normal to, again in the first lockdown hardly any cars on the roads.

Bedroom now had its ceiling painted, not sure until its dry if its going to be ok or not.

Sun did come out late morning and burnt the fog off, we are still below freezing. Window washers didn't work they were still blocked when we got home. OH now cleared them and added more concentrate to the screen wash.

Work finished for the day OH sat on couch eyes closed catching flies sun about to set time to put the lights on.

I was sorry to hear about the loss of respite for Robsail too, good news about the other results but it seems a gain and a loss is hard going just now.

Just heard about the "clap for heroes " at 8pm tomorrow, is this something that will be supported outside in the depths of January? 

Freezing here, but sunny, so, as we face south, it was warm in the house all day.  When the sun is shining, the sun room at the front gets very warm, so we use a fan to move the heat through the house.  When OH opened the sliding door between it and the lounge, it was a tropical 30+  degrees out there.

Our 23 sq m of tiles arrived at DD's, without the promised 1 hour  warning, at 13.30, so we headed down there to check them.  Certainly not quiet on the roads here either.

We had thought the tiles would be packed 10 to a box, making a sq m per box, but instead there are 17 per box, each  box weighing 23.5kg, which is just about the limit of what I can lift and carry these days. 

The delivery man could not get them into the garage, so they were outside and we had to stand in the cold to  check for breakages before loading the car.  Managed to check 9 boxes before the fingers got too cold to work, one box had several broken ones, so lifted the other 5 boxes into the garage and will return for them tomorrow morning.  

At that point DD came rushing out to request help.......a toilet cistern  was overflowing onto the bathroom floor while SIL just stood there and watched!   Turned out to be a sticking shut off valve as a bent pipe was causing it to rub on the side of the cistern and stick rather than shutting off correctly.     Note to self.......do not buy this cheap cistern for our bathroom project!   

Bakers2 dont you realise that joggers and cyclists (especially those without a bell ) have priority. They certainly do in this area .

We went to collect our Aldi click and collect order this afternoon and I agree with TG, the roads and traffic are as busy as ever. Vastly different to the lockdown in the spring. I realised that I had forgotten to order a couple of things but we will just have to do without them as I am certainly not going into a supermarket at the moment! It is great grandon's 1st birthday today. We had to leave his presents on the doorstep and wave to him through the window 😪. Grand-daughter chatted to us through the window. She is a primary school teacher and explained her new working regime. Some days she is teaching face to face the children of critical workers - about 15 out of a year group of 60 and some days she is teaching those pupils at home remotely from an empty class room. She and the other year 4 teacher are doing it on a rota Strange times.

Robsail I am so sorry to hear that you have lost your respite care. 

Couldn't find anything on our Government website about Garden Centres but did find plenty of complaints from said G.C.s as English ones can remain open. So local ones have to remain closed.

Have to say these death figures are not surprising. Those of us with a bit of common sense saw it coming and several CT members commented on it at the time. Unfortunately prevarication at the highest level will have cost lives. It's bad enough in Wales and we had an early lockdown. I hate to imagine what the figures would have been if they hadn't done it on the 20th. December.

WN and there are still those who say that the government are taking away their civil liberties. A friend was telling me on the phone the other day that a member of her family drove from Kent to Shropshire to stay with her son over Christmas saying that no-one was going to stop her seeing her son for Christmas. I despair.

Millie. we've just been on a whatsapp video chat with our teacher daughter, her first all day session doing video lessons. She said year 11  were great, listened and watched but when she got to year 7, the youngest, they just wanted to talk and show her everything they were doing...exhausting! 

Message on local TV from a medic, wear a mask outside if you're near others (including runners gasping for air I think?!)