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admin on February 15th, 2021

Yesterday morning Sue and I did a double shift at Blackthorn. It was from 9.00 till 1.00pm. The freeze was starting to thaw so it was a bit more comfortable than previously. A slower day as the surgery had invited people with learning difficulties and some physically disabled as well. They came with carers from […]

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admin on February 13th, 2021

Sue and I up early today for our shift this morning at Blackthorn. Another good day about 800 vaccines done which is brilliant for our small surgery. We open up to patients at 8 am but like before people are queuing from 7.15 am even though their appointments are not till after 8. So we […]

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admin on February 12th, 2021

I am still harping on about the weather but it is still very very cold. We walked down to the cemetery as Sue wanted to put some roses on her Mum’s memorial stone. Unfortunately the container and daffodils had frozen and I had to try and make holes to fit the roses in as the […]

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admin on February 10th, 2021

I didn’t really want to highlight the weather when I started this blog but in the early hours of tomorrow morning we are going to be at minus 10 C. Now that might be a slippery problem in the morning as I have to drive my car to the other side of town to get […]

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admin on February 9th, 2021

In 2018 we had a real cold snap and we have another one now. Sunday’s snow has continued on and off, but it is so cold and it the ice that causes a problem In the last couple of days we have been mainly at home. Sue is spending a lot of time home learning […]

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admin on February 7th, 2021

Not just that, strong cold northerly winds hitting the East coast for the next few days. I tried my hardest to stay in the warm and do my computer stuff. But come the afternoon Sue decided that we should wrap up warm and walk to the shops to buy a few provisions and a Sunday […]

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admin on February 6th, 2021

Only today for this week at Blackthorn but the team managed 800 vaccines. To do that they increased the registration points and entry doors to three and there were three vaccinators. At one time this morning we had queues back to the main entrance but kept a strict 2m social difference. Many of the patients […]

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admin on February 5th, 2021

Yes my “new” knee is 16 yrs old today. As a surprise for him today I did my weekly longish ride, much of it with MikeB. In total I did 62 miles but significantly I climbed 3,494 ft which is getting on for nearly the height of Snowdon. No wonder I once again had a […]

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admin on February 3rd, 2021

Yesterday Sir Tom passed away from Covid. Much respect for the 100 yr old who raised over £30 million last year by his long walk. He captured the heart of the nation and gave us all a lift in dark times. ME15 has had a short run in the national headlines. We haven’t seen anything […]

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admin on February 1st, 2021

Well, we have made the headlines tonight. It seems like there are 11 cases of the new South African Covid variant in the UK and our little bit of Maidstone has at least one of them! Tomorrow I understand we will receive a letter telling us to stay at home and self test for Covid, […]

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