Friday 15th May - first venture out for nearly 2 months, we went to Owermoigne to sort out the garden. Luckily my housekeeper and her son had done a first cut of the lawn last week but it was still very long. It was a hot day and hard work mowing and then strimming the edges, but it's all worth it and looks so much better. It was good to get out for the day as well. Got back for a sit in the garden with a few beers.
Jade text to say that Raf had developed a temperature, she rang 111 as advised, for some reason they then sent around paramedics to the house. All they did was take his temperature, say that he's probably got it and for him to isolate for 7 days and Jade to isolate for 14 days. They had no testing kits with them and did not give advice to go and get themselves tested. After they had gone Jade managed to get a testing slot in Swindon for that afternoon. We will have to wait and see how long it takes to get the results. My observations are, why on earth do they need to send paramedics round to tell them what they already expected. Why can't 111 just advise that they go to a testing centre and ideally make the appointment there and then whilst on the phone? If they do send paramedics round surely they should carry a supply of testing kits with them, they indicated to Raf and Jade that they had already done many of these type of visits. Also by sending round paramedics it is a waste of valuable PPE and there is a possibility that they could pass on the virus to their next patient. This government and health service managers couldn't organise a piss up in a brewery!
I had noticed on Facebook that Leigh's recent posts have renamed Spain to 'lovely Spain'. Every time she mentions it she puts 'lovely' in front. Then yesterday I noticed that she had put a comment on a posting for a bar in Spain saying she couldn't wait to get back to their 'lovely' bar. Thought I would send her a Whattsap which read 'Noticed your comment on El Toro bar about it being a 'lovely' bar, would that be in 'lovely' Spain? I had noticed that Spain had changed its name on all of your posts to 'lovely' Spain. 'Lovely' weather BTW'. Never mind, she's a 'lovely' old dear!
Saturday 16th May - it's Saturday pizza oven day again! Anna went shopping to get Raf some Lucozade as he told Jade that his mum always used to get him Lucozade when he didn't feel very well! Anna couldn't remember that but went to get some for him.
Did my good deed for the day, went shopping to Lidl, at the check out I was socially distancing behind an old lady at the till. Her shopping came to £51.60 but after counting all the money in her purse she only had just under £50. She didn't want me to help her bless her, but I insisted and in no time we had all her shopping back on the shelves!!
This actually was nothing to do with me, but I picked it up on Twitter and it made me laugh so thought I would include it on my blog.
We should have been flying back from Antigua today, at least we still have it to look forward to sometime in the future whereas it would have all been over.
Few beers in the Shed and then lit up the Pizza oven with again some great pizzas.
Endured a bit of Unity Brewery's weekly tasting session but unfortunately they are so boring, I know that they are brewers and not tv presenters but they could do with a personality transplant.
Retreated back indoors and managed to find a Pet Shop Boys concert on TV while channel surfing. It was a great watch, took me back to the 80's. I even then managed to stay awake for Match of The Day showing the 19 greatest goals in the opinion of Alan Shearer and Ian Wright.
Sunday 17th May - Had an email overnight from Virgin Atlantic via my Resolve complaint just giving me their same standard reply for the third time now. They just keep repeating that I will get my refund but due to the numbers they will not give a timescale. This is in contravention of the CMA government directive of 30th April which states that airlines must give a timescale for refund and it must be reasonable. I have reported them to the CMA and had acknowledgement that they are looking into the whole airline refund practices. I have also gone onto Twitter and keep getting the same answers from them so next step I have found the direct email address of the Chief Executive and will see if that produce some any results.
Josh cooked a cracking Sunday fry up.
Sat in the garden for a bit but although sunny the wind was a bit chilly. Josh and Sophie made a good ham and spinach Lasagne for dinner, it was very filling but I managed!
Monday 18th May - Raf and Jade have got their results back, both negative luckily. I am quite impressed with the speed of the test, done Friday afternoon and result Monday morning. Goodness knows why Raf has had a high temperature, probably caught something from the skanky dead birds he uses to teach the dogs to retrieve. Although Raf is convinced that they have got the tests wrong and he has the virus! Don't think so!
I received an email back from Virgin Atlantic Executive Office stating that they are looking into my complaint and will respond within three days, I don't hold out too much hope!
Sunny and warm day, took Inca for a walk to Giles Wood, very few people about and she loved rolling in the fox and horse poo! Straight in the shower when we got her home.
Tues 19th May - messed up the coffee machine this morning, when filling up the coffee beans I spilt some into the water section as I hadn't shut the lid. I therefore fished out the offending coffee beans with a spoon and put them back in the bean hopper. Unfortunately I then made all of the beans in the hopper too wet and they wouldn't grind properly as they clogged up the grinder. Oh well, an Americano from the Tassimo machine was a good substitute. I then had to empty out the machine, clean it then leave it outside in the sunshine to dry, I also put the coffeee beans into the oven on a low heat to dry. All that for a cup of coffee?
As anticipated the reply from Virgin Atlantic CEO was just a repeat of the previous standard replies. I have now filled out a claim for Section 75 of CCA refund from the credit card company.
Another walk to Giles Wood with Inca, it's a very warm day. Sat in the garden all afternoon with a couple of beers but not until after 4pm. Talking of beer the order for this week's delivery has gone in, 5lts of Doublecrosser, 5 ltrs Covert, 3ltrs Hibernation and 5ltrs of the new Hibernation. Should keep us going over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Wed 20th May - Inca is going back home today, she is itching and scratching and needs her latest bout of immunotherapy. Took her to Giles Wood for a run then Jade picked her up in the afternoon.
Another very hot day, sat in the garden reading a book all afternoon. Josh had ordered some Shofferhofer Grapefruit Wheat Beer Mix cans, they are only 2.5vol but really refreshing served cold in this weather.
Thurs 21st May - my turn to do the weekly shopping, another's trip to Lidl. I timed it right this week, no queue to get in and also went straight to the till without queueing. It was Greek week in Lidl and I spotted bottles of Retsina, I couldn't resist the temptation and bought a couple of bottles.
Looking through Twitter I noticed the new Man City third kit shirt to be introduced next season, it has a paisley design. Grunters, the paisley princess, has set a new trend, we did wonder whether they would be bringing out hideously clashing paisley shorts as per Grunters' style.
I note in this great weather that the seaside resorts are getting packed with day visitors. They are reporting that people are travelling hours, so my observation is that with the public toilets, cafe's, restaurants, pubs and bars closed at the moment are people crossing their legs all day? I think not and that every verge, bush, wood and farm gateway must now be in use as the new public conveniences. I am not necessarily opposed to some lifting of travel restrictions but surely a mileage limit should have initially been set, say 50 or 60 miles from home maximum, or travel only within the county wherever you live.
Let's see what next week brings!
I had noticed on Facebook that Leigh's recent posts have renamed Spain to 'lovely Spain'. Every time she mentions it she puts 'lovely' in front. Then yesterday I noticed that she had put a comment on a posting for a bar in Spain saying she couldn't wait to get back to their 'lovely' bar. Thought I would send her a Whattsap which read 'Noticed your comment on El Toro bar about it being a 'lovely' bar, would that be in 'lovely' Spain? I had noticed that Spain had changed its name on all of your posts to 'lovely' Spain. 'Lovely' weather BTW'. Never mind, she's a 'lovely' old dear!
Saturday 16th May - it's Saturday pizza oven day again! Anna went shopping to get Raf some Lucozade as he told Jade that his mum always used to get him Lucozade when he didn't feel very well! Anna couldn't remember that but went to get some for him.
Did my good deed for the day, went shopping to Lidl, at the check out I was socially distancing behind an old lady at the till. Her shopping came to £51.60 but after counting all the money in her purse she only had just under £50. She didn't want me to help her bless her, but I insisted and in no time we had all her shopping back on the shelves!!
This actually was nothing to do with me, but I picked it up on Twitter and it made me laugh so thought I would include it on my blog.
We should have been flying back from Antigua today, at least we still have it to look forward to sometime in the future whereas it would have all been over.
Few beers in the Shed and then lit up the Pizza oven with again some great pizzas.
Endured a bit of Unity Brewery's weekly tasting session but unfortunately they are so boring, I know that they are brewers and not tv presenters but they could do with a personality transplant.
Retreated back indoors and managed to find a Pet Shop Boys concert on TV while channel surfing. It was a great watch, took me back to the 80's. I even then managed to stay awake for Match of The Day showing the 19 greatest goals in the opinion of Alan Shearer and Ian Wright.
Sunday 17th May - Had an email overnight from Virgin Atlantic via my Resolve complaint just giving me their same standard reply for the third time now. They just keep repeating that I will get my refund but due to the numbers they will not give a timescale. This is in contravention of the CMA government directive of 30th April which states that airlines must give a timescale for refund and it must be reasonable. I have reported them to the CMA and had acknowledgement that they are looking into the whole airline refund practices. I have also gone onto Twitter and keep getting the same answers from them so next step I have found the direct email address of the Chief Executive and will see if that produce some any results.
Josh cooked a cracking Sunday fry up.
Sat in the garden for a bit but although sunny the wind was a bit chilly. Josh and Sophie made a good ham and spinach Lasagne for dinner, it was very filling but I managed!
Monday 18th May - Raf and Jade have got their results back, both negative luckily. I am quite impressed with the speed of the test, done Friday afternoon and result Monday morning. Goodness knows why Raf has had a high temperature, probably caught something from the skanky dead birds he uses to teach the dogs to retrieve. Although Raf is convinced that they have got the tests wrong and he has the virus! Don't think so!
I received an email back from Virgin Atlantic Executive Office stating that they are looking into my complaint and will respond within three days, I don't hold out too much hope!
Sunny and warm day, took Inca for a walk to Giles Wood, very few people about and she loved rolling in the fox and horse poo! Straight in the shower when we got her home.
Tues 19th May - messed up the coffee machine this morning, when filling up the coffee beans I spilt some into the water section as I hadn't shut the lid. I therefore fished out the offending coffee beans with a spoon and put them back in the bean hopper. Unfortunately I then made all of the beans in the hopper too wet and they wouldn't grind properly as they clogged up the grinder. Oh well, an Americano from the Tassimo machine was a good substitute. I then had to empty out the machine, clean it then leave it outside in the sunshine to dry, I also put the coffeee beans into the oven on a low heat to dry. All that for a cup of coffee?
As anticipated the reply from Virgin Atlantic CEO was just a repeat of the previous standard replies. I have now filled out a claim for Section 75 of CCA refund from the credit card company.
Another walk to Giles Wood with Inca, it's a very warm day. Sat in the garden all afternoon with a couple of beers but not until after 4pm. Talking of beer the order for this week's delivery has gone in, 5lts of Doublecrosser, 5 ltrs Covert, 3ltrs Hibernation and 5ltrs of the new Hibernation. Should keep us going over the Bank Holiday weekend.
Wed 20th May - Inca is going back home today, she is itching and scratching and needs her latest bout of immunotherapy. Took her to Giles Wood for a run then Jade picked her up in the afternoon.
Another very hot day, sat in the garden reading a book all afternoon. Josh had ordered some Shofferhofer Grapefruit Wheat Beer Mix cans, they are only 2.5vol but really refreshing served cold in this weather.
Thurs 21st May - my turn to do the weekly shopping, another's trip to Lidl. I timed it right this week, no queue to get in and also went straight to the till without queueing. It was Greek week in Lidl and I spotted bottles of Retsina, I couldn't resist the temptation and bought a couple of bottles.
Looking through Twitter I noticed the new Man City third kit shirt to be introduced next season, it has a paisley design. Grunters, the paisley princess, has set a new trend, we did wonder whether they would be bringing out hideously clashing paisley shorts as per Grunters' style.
I note in this great weather that the seaside resorts are getting packed with day visitors. They are reporting that people are travelling hours, so my observation is that with the public toilets, cafe's, restaurants, pubs and bars closed at the moment are people crossing their legs all day? I think not and that every verge, bush, wood and farm gateway must now be in use as the new public conveniences. I am not necessarily opposed to some lifting of travel restrictions but surely a mileage limit should have initially been set, say 50 or 60 miles from home maximum, or travel only within the county wherever you live.
Let's see what next week brings!
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