Day 30 Tour de France

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Spent some time in the garden this afternoon. I rearranged the bird feeder contraption and the birdbath. Both are heavy and I had to manoeuvre them up or down two steps on the decking. But as I explained to Jasper, as with building the pyramids, it wasn't necessarily a case of brute strength but of planning and cunning. Both items now where I want them.

Later I went down with Sheila to the allotment. Her sister Andrea joined us. We must have looked a strange troop walking single file 2 metres apart carrying garden implements. Weeded some of the pavers, swept up the mess and watered the plants. No sign of broad beans yet. Andrea very kindly gave me a card for tomorrow and I bought us some ice creams from Filco - very low on stock, had to settle for some rainbow coloured things.

Snippet from the News
At least 100 NHS staff and social care workers have died of coronavirus, figures show, amid growing concerns about a lack of personal protective equipment (PPE) for those working on the frontline during the coronavirus pandemic.
The number of nurses, doctors, porters and members of other professions who have died has been catalogued by Nursing Notes, a platform run by nurses for others in the profession.
They announced that at 2pm GMT a milestone had been reached with at least 100 health and social care workers now believed to have died. The website has been recording all deaths since the outbreak began, verifying all the information they receive using a number of independent sources and permissions sought from family, friends or colleagues.
The government has publicly verified 27 deaths of NHS staff from Covid-19 during the pandemic.

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P.S. I hope my family don't get any ideas from this.

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The Tour de France came through Maurs, our local town in 2011. We stationed ourselves in a good spot and waited. And waited. The first hour was taken up by a cavalcade of cars and vans advertising various things and throwing small souvenirs to the crowds. Then came the bikes. Blink and you missed it!  Did you spot the yellow jersey?

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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been. Mark Twain

Random Photo

This sign was something that we couldn't resist when browsing at a vide grenier in France. The words 'goodgillies' and 'liveraii' under the name at the top remain mysterious and we are still wondering what services the female attendants supplied. And it's also in English but for sale in France profunde. The sign now rests in my conservatory in Cowbridge.

TOT ZIENS! Drinking Chocolate is nice when the KitKats are eaten!