Friday Five!

Yep, good idea on the C19 vaccination. The biochemists & microbiologists (and infectious disease specialists) I know say it's like an iceberg. You may seem to have only a mild case on the surface, but the virus can be wreaking havoc internally. And the more times you have it, both the more damage and the more likelihood of long covid.  If I had to pay for the jab I would have, but I couldn't really justify the cost of the jab (a few hundred) with the cost of getting a prescription (another few hundred)since it would only be really protective for a few months, so if the governor had not signed her proclamation I would simply have gone back to "Year 1" covid precautions - mask and avoid people and being in public places. Which, as an old retired lady, I have the luxury of doing. If I did not want to go out of the house, it would be possible for me to never leave it and still do nicely. (Albeit going stir crazy.) I don't go out a whole lot (other than for walks and to the library & allotment), but it's nice to have that option.

I saw the news broadcasts about the storm. Yoiks! That looked bad. Was watching the news out of Glasgow and it looked like (as tends to happen there) buildings had been tumbled and/or partially dismantled and a lot of trees down with power outages.  Hope all was well there where you are and the gardens at the Priory are not too chewed up.  Hope your new volunteer comes back, too!

Thanks.  I went down today to help open up and do an inspection and all seems to have survived very well. Even the ancient trees in the woodland gardens were like “pfft.. what’s the fuss about?”  Lots of twigs and stuff down but nothing big, and no masonry down either.

Our friends from Ayr (close to Glasgow) are due to arrive within the hour so we will get a first hand account of what they experienced. It certainly doesn’t sound like they have had any issues on the drive down. (It is a 4 hour drive without stops)