lancashire lass wrote: ↑Yesterday, 18:20I was well-impressed how quickly it went.

Glad it went well.

I have had a text from our doctors' surgery asking me to book an appointment so need to get on to that tomorrow.

Interested to know how it's going back UK. The weather looks as if has been awful so won't help with older people going out to get vaccinated.

Stay safe folks.

The 2020 (extended into January 2021) Mia Khao Marine Turtle Foundation annual run, which I have ran previously, was cancelled this year due to covid. Instead it was a 'virtual' event which basically means you had to run the distance on your own and record the distance on your smart watch or phone. ...

Richard wrote: ↑13 Jan 2021, 01:22 I'm a big softie, I saw a couple of scenes and too dark for me.

Richard

I know what you mean but had to watch it as we are in Thailand at the minute.

All I can say is it is not for the easily frightened

I think the situation in much of Europe, including the UK and the USA is so difficult because of the overwhelming number of cases. In countries that have coped well up until now, if they enforce very strict quarantine rules, then they continue to stem the control of the virus. We had friends in quar...

I see from BBC news that all arrivals back to UK need to show a negative Covid test before they are allowed back into the country. Of course we are happy to go along with it, but it does seem rather futile given the levels of Covid in UK. The island where we are on currently has had no new cases of ...

This isn't just about the ethics of how we livestock but also the danger of another pandemic arising from viruses crossing from animals to humans.

We have to change our ways and quickly.

https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/ch ... 83131.html

My Mum would do hers anything up to about six months in advance, and she'd wrap it in foil then once a month or so would prick the base and pour alcohol (usually brandy or whisky) over. About two moths in advance she'd put on the marzipan, then after a fortnight or so apply royal icing - by christm...

You should all try scuba diving. It might sounds a bit scary at first, being under anything from 10 to 30 metres (30 to 100 feet) but once you understand the basics and learn to really relax in the water it absolutely fantastic. As I tell my students, it's not a sport for the fast and speedy, it is ...

What really gets me about the Trump handling of the virus is the way he referred to it as the 'Chinese' virus. For goodness sake, the so-called 'Spanish Flu', which killed more than Covid has so far, had nothing to do with Spain, and in all likelihood it originated in the USA. I don't pretend to be ...

Some really great and interesting comments. I think just goes to show even the experts don't have the total picture so what hope do we have?

We took our swimming gear with us when we returned to UK last April but since then all the swimming pools in our area have been closes. Although we live just 20 minutes drive from the North Sea, I am afraid I am not brave enough to venture in even in summer. So, we didn't swim for 8 months. It is so...

The first from the BBC is about how good ventilation could be a weapon against Corona virus. This sort of thing could explain why places like Thailand has had, in comparison to UK, very little Corona - everyone here spends a lot of time outside and if inside has doors and windows wide open due to th...

Did a bit of looking round on the internet and it looks like we had 'Virol'. Anyone remember that?