28th June, 2021. Days 102 to 107 of isolation

Went to watch Ronnie play cricket at Hessle on Thursday. He batted and bowled well but was notable for the Gareth Bale tuft that Maisie had fashioned on the top of his head. He definitely scored a hit with it but thankfully, it has now gone.

The Matt Hancock scandal has overshadowed all other news this week. Who is it that governs us? Complete idiots and crooks I think. At least Hancock resigned (I suspect he was pushed) and he has been replaced by Savid Javed. Another MP with less than savoury background and connections. Who isn’t dodgy in the Tory party? The worst thing is that they have over 3 years to go in power before we can bring them to account at a general election. The British public may have forgotten all this and the Brexit fiasco and if the pandemic is solved, they may still get enough people to vote this cohort of evil back in! I despair.

The holiday green light system does not work. Boris can allocate the green light to as many countries as he likes but if they (and the amber countries) won’t let us in anyway, then we can still not travel. There is an exception in Spain where they are desperate to get us over there to spend our money. The main asset that Spain has which will never run out is the sun and we British love the sun. As long as the Spanish can get their hands on our money, the ingrained racism of some against the Brits will be temporarily suspended. Most Spanish love us and will welcome us and appreciate us visiting but many don’t. Mostly the older (Franco) generation and their immediate offspring, many of whom work in the civil service.

Sadly the Clarkes from Spain had to cancel their trip to the UK. The restrictions imposed by Spain and the UK meant they could not reasonably fly over for a long weekend to visit Pete’s parents and us. Instead, they have booked three separate trips to Mauritius, Egypt and Antigua. Let us hope that it is all systems go.

It was a drizzly weekend but we managed to put some new plants in our various pots, watched a great cricket match with David (who was the appointed scorer again) and went to Bishop Burton to watch David take part in a 10k race which he completed in under 55 minutes.

Auto stop on Kuga now totally inoperative. Not bothered as I never had that facility before and I won’t miss it. I did however buy some new floor mats for he car.which was a better purchase.

On Sunday we had Sunday lunch here with David and the kids. I cooked 6 lovely lamb shanks and we established that Ronnie doesn’t like mint. Silly boy!

On Saturday,I went to Hill Top to watch Cottingham 1st Cricket Team play a league game for a couple of hours. Mike G. was there for a presentation which I did not stay for. John Ewans was awarded a memento for 25 years service to the club. A real achievement.