What are you all up to

Busy day today. Drove to Wellingborough to pick up the motorhome from it's second service. Dropped off the loan car which was a lot cleaner than when we picked it up. Unfortunately the motorhome was filthy, covered in dust. This afternoon went to pick up Margaret's medication and later still treated ourselves to fish and chips from the chippy. I don't know whether its months of lockdown but the roads today seemed totally mannic, everywhere we went!!! Now just have to empty the conservatory back into the motorhome!

David

We are home😁 Lovely first trip out, couldn’t have had a nicer break to be honest. Weather gorgeous, site very nice, lots of things we love doing and seeing, and then we finished up with a very enjoyable visit to a very interesting garden. And spent £70 on stuff for my garden, so some treasured mementoes. So a very big thank you to Milliehull for mentioning Easton Walled Garden, we even got to have a nice chat with the Head Gardener, and Lord Cholmondley👍(Lovely gardens, a lot to see, and some fantastic ideas I haven’t seen before, we are planning to go back later in year to see roses and sweet peas. Great place for a picnic, and a good break for anyone travelling on A1, as it’s a few minutes away.)

Can’t believe the frost damage to plants here at home though, nothing I could do about it, but it must have been very very cold overnight. Hopefully most things will just try again though.

Second jabs booked for me and Sister on Sunday, hopefully we will get no reactions same as with first.👍

I don't know whether its months of lockdown but the roads today seemed totally mannic, everywhere we went!!!

David, I think part of it is that we have become accustomed to quieter roads during various lockdowns. We noticed a significant increase in the volume of traffic just after the 12th.April but the roads around here in North Wales were still quiet even after the Welsh lockdown finished late March until the English one joined in.

We drove back early afternoon along the main A55 route into North Wales from Cheshire and it seemed like a normal Friday traffic load with slow moving traffic due to sheer weight.

Have to get used to it I suppose.

Ah right - thanks TW!

My, pleasure. I was that meter reader / ticket filer / bill folder back in 1966😂😂

Very well remembered TW  .

We always used to moan that the training schools that we Engineers went to should have had a large dark "Quiet~room" so that time-expired info like that could be drained off, just to allow more total guff to be absorbed !!

I was digging deep there, Brian. I did far more interesting things after that😄

Yes, we too have noticed a big increase in the traffic.   It was nice when it was quiet, but presumably not good for many businesses.

This last week or so it has been gradually increasing here, though not yet back to as before as a lot of people are still working from home.

Both our children are Software engineers and their employers are key in keeping the internet going, and facilitating people  working from home.

Our son has been working from home for over 15 years, he has worked for over 20 years for the big American  company Cisco, and loves it.   We have no idea what he actually does, it is too secret!  

He hardly ever goes to his designated office, where apparently he does have a desk.  He spends more time in meetings in USA than anywhere else away from home, and was just saying it is now almost 18 months since he last made a business trip, which suits him well, he hates dealing with jet lag.  Everything is done via Zoom.

DD is of course on maternity leave at present, but from early March 2020 till January 2021 was also working from home. She is also with an American  company SAS, since 2012, they do a lot with police, security and various other stuff......all hush hush and also a mystery to us!

She loves WFH, used to do 1 day per week at home previously, does not miss her relatively short commute, and can be flexible as to the hours she works.  It is working so well for the company and the employees that it is likely a lot more WFH will be going on in the future.  Company will save money on office space, employees no longer have to commute. Win-win all round.

She does slightly miss the social aspect of being in the office, they did have company lunches and charity events, but not having to travel is a big bonus as far as she is concerned.

Her company has done so well in the last year, not been affected at all by Covid, that, having been previously told there would be no bonuses, or any pay rises, they have all just had a good bonus, and she has been given a 17% pay rise, though she will not actually get this till  after she returns to work in February 2022.   Something to look forward to.

 

WhereNext wrote "I never had access to a telephone in the house until I got married!"

E'ee, thee 'twere lucky. I were married three years before we had telephone inside 'ouse.

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