Goodness me, another month goes by and I hope all my readers are in good health as is their inner sanctum. The good weaher and some easing of lockdown should help us all in the next few weeks.
We have been continuing with routine tasks, and some not so routine. I had a big ash tree pollarded last week but SWMBO has indicated it went too far so i had to buy some gap fillers yesterday. I think i should have chopped it down ten years ago as the increased daylight and sunshine is just amazing. We do, however, have homeless people rehoused in the hotel over the road who are in residence full time, unlike normal hotel users so SWMBO is nervous about them overlooking us. Hopefully the new screen of trees will sort her concerns out while still allowing her sun tan time.
I am not sure how long they will stay there, some have already been removed due to antisocial behaviour, but the majority are fine. The girls in particular have those magpie type Liverpool screeching accents and probably don't need phones to talk to people several streets away but the lads seem happy tending the garden and doing other maintenance jobs around the place. Hopefully it will give some of them a sense of purpose and the ability to integrate more into society when the time comes for them to fend for themselves again.
They have a variety of deliveries arrive from Wirral council each day including their evening meal, bu the most humorous arrival is a car which draws up a little away from the hotel and always with its radio blasting out. The lady driver then dispenses 'essential medication' before going on her way. The neighbours have come to refer to it as the ice cream van!
Two of our grandchildren start back at school next week although they have been attending as key worker children for a couple of weeks anyway so they should be fine. Golf continues with four people able to play together, and the weather has been scorching so shorts have been the order of the day. Plans to open the terrace for food and drink service continues to be in the hands of the Government so we will see wat Boris has to say on the matter nearer the end of the month.
I have always been keen on Boris, but I have to confess that the Dominic Cummings saga has seen me less able to defend him as I have in the past. I compare it very much to Alex Ferguson defending |Eric Cantona when he judo kicked a Crystal Palace fan in the crowd. Ferguson was always a manager who defended his players in public but gave them the true story behind closed doors, The Cantona incident. however, was a case of defending the indefensible and I believe the Cummings affair was Boris's Cantona moment.
'How can I sack my advisor when he advises me not too!' is the story doing the rounds, but it is interesting that Cummings actions were supported by over 30% of the population who said they would have done the same thing if their child was in a similar position. Clearly a high proportion of people think he broke the lockdown and should have been sacked but he wasn't so we have to move on and see what the next major obstacle the government will need to overcome.
I am still waiting for constructive help and advise from people with either strong Labour allegiances, or Remoaners who still can't accept that that battle is lost albeit the war still rages on for a few more months. We need more positives to balance the 'got that wrong' storylines. Starmer and Burnham must be some pleased they don't have to make any decisions, but must be quite nervous of ever getting into government as the Conservatives have spent all the money a traditional Labour ruling party would have allocated. After new Labour we now have new Conservative.
So roll on the longest day in a few weeks time after which we will see if the virus is prone to escalate as a threat in colder weather. Let's hope Pfizer are right when they say they might have a vaccine by October. After the Pfizer riser we could have the Corona Pkiller
Hope so!
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