Karina

Sunday 24 December 2023 Not only is it one day to Christmas, it’s a week until the last day of December and thus the end of 2023. I am still not feeling particularly festive, despite having been in central London yesterday. I wanted to walk around central London early morning before shops open and crowds […]

Saturday 23 December 2023 How on earth is it Christmas Day on Monday, in two days? I am back in London, hoping to be able to have Christmas as planned at my mum’s. I feel fine from Covid but will test again tomorrow and mum and I will make a decision about my staying there.

Wednesday 20 December 2023 I’ve only gone and got Covid. I thought I had a cold, a bit of post-travel sniffle and headache. Then I noticed a headline on an online newsfeed about less common symptoms of the current Covid variation. Hmm, that headache, not as interested in snacking as usual, occasionally feeling a bit

Tuesday 19 December 2023 The roads in this area are littered with pheasants, dead and alive. A lot of them come from pheasant farms (I doubt they’re called that) and are bred to be shot. When I was driving home on Saturday, a narrow road near Lockerbie was made even narrower (it’s not a busy

Monday 18 December 2023 Goodness, it’s a week until Christmas Day. There is no point commenting further, I have resigned myself to a scraping-by kind of Christmas. I’ve sort of done most things I really need to do. Sort of. I now have loads to get done (not Christmas-related) before I head for London again

Sunday 17 December 2023 It’s rained and been windy all day. I had a short wander around outside while it was barely raining but that’s it. It’s not particularly cold (9°C) but it’s horribly dreary. I suppose there’s no surprise that I’m missing the sunshine. The temperature is fine, but the sun … I was