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admin on April 5th, 2021

Great day yesterday, weather was lovely and warm. Philippa did us a proper Sunday lunch which we enjoyed sitting in the garden. The boys were excited, James beat me at table tennis-no surprise, but he was less happy when his Mum beat him! We went for a lovely walk in Beckenham Park. We had never […]

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admin on April 3rd, 2021

One in 10 people in UK now have had both vaccines and new cases are low but levelling out. Deaths and hospital cases are also staying low which is good news. Sue and I did a 3 hr shift last night but the numbers vaccinated were low. It was very quiet and we let Nick […]

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admin on April 2nd, 2021

Yesterday saw the start of our GreatHomeRun. 22 activities are currently registered and will take place from now till end of April. So far we have raised £1330 for 5 local charities and hopefully more donations will follow. My Everest run started a bit before April 1st so yesterday I joined friend Richard on a […]

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admin on March 31st, 2021

Still warm today but not as sunny. I set off early to join the Wobblers for the first time in several months. I was ill prepared for the cold start but warmed up after a while. Eight of of turned up at Pembury and we spilt into two regulation groups. Les rang to say he […]

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admin on March 29th, 2021

Today and for the next couple of days we have some summer warmth and sunshine. It is also the first day of Boris’s Road Map for the easing of lockdown. We can now meet in groups of six people outdoors or two families. Golf and other outdoor sports can start. However, by the Easter weekend […]

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admin on March 28th, 2021

There was a very cold wind today so a bit uncomfortable on day 4 of vaccines. Saturday was not so bad so in the afternoon I went on my “over the hill” run. This takes me to Coxheath down to Redwall Lane then back up Vanity Hill. This time I detoured along the Greensand Way […]

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admin on March 26th, 2021

We have four days of vaccines this week which as now been reduced to two full days and two half days. We don’t know whether it is fluctuation of vaccine supply or lack of clinical staff. Weekdays are always more of a challenge to us because the surgery also runs a local clinic. That means […]

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admin on March 24th, 2021

Dear Grace would have been 15 years old today. Hard to believe it has been all those years, it still seems like yesterday that she passed away. How well the family have coped after such a tragedy. They had to move on with their lives and now they have three lovely boys. Grace will always […]

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admin on March 23rd, 2021

On this day last year the PM announced the first lockdown. My first Coronavirus diary entry was three days before on March 23rd. I have copied in that first entry which shows that with hindsight the PM could have moved more quickly with the lockdown. As a result we have one of the worst number […]

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admin on March 22nd, 2021

During my Monday visit to Mum today both Viv and Malc managed a video call to her. She was really pleased and told the staff she had seen all her children today. Conversation is difficult due to hearing problems so I acted as the go between. Malc asked Mum a lot of questions which I […]

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