Day 86 "Robin Hood"

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Paper work and laundry this morning. 

Struggled with the scrubs again after lunch. J&B Sewing suggested smaller needle and smaller stitch size. I find stretching the sewing as it passes under the needle helps although this isn't really the way to go.  I shall just press on with them. The buttonholes might present a problem.

An email from our Scrubs co-ordinator suggests that more scrubs will be needed for some time as many NHS staff are finding it hard to get supplies. 

"Many hospitals have received extra scrubs made and donated by local volunteers. Another medic said: “The local guild of seamstresses is producing hundreds a week.” Another added: “We were short and got loads donated by neighbours, schools, local sewing bees and even the English National Opera.” 

After our sojourn down at the allotments Sheila and I went to Pencoed to find the UPS drop off so that I could return the dress to Gudrun Sjoden to get a smaller size!

Snippet from the News

Following Brexit, Britain is “taking back control” of its food standards with the new Agriculture Bill – touted as the biggest reform of British farming since 1945. However, last month, the government rejected a proposed amendment to enshrine in law that the food we import is farmed to the same standards as the food we grow. Without the amendment, the likes of chlorinated chickens, hormone-fed beef and GM-soy could feasibly find their way onto our plates, despite the fact that farming in this way is illegal in the UK.

Why is this important? Well, because we import around 50 per cent of the food we eat.

“It is completely unacceptable to ask our farmers to meet higher standards and then allow them to be undermined by cheap competition,” says Brighton MP Caroline Lucas. “All the government pledges about products sold in the UK being required to meet our regulatory requirements are just weasel words when it won’t back up those pledges in law.”

The Bill is now being debated in the House of Lords, so amendments can be made. Meanwhile a campaign backed by food experts and chefs across the UK rages on, calling for the government to reconsider. Jamie Oliver has most recently put his name to it, saying it’s “probably the most important thing I’ve ever done”.

“The government is banking on the assumption that we don’t really care where our food comes from as long as it’s cheap,” says founding director of the Sustainable Food Trust (SFT), Patrick Holden

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This is the Opera House in Napier, North Island, New Zealand. Some readers may know that Napier was completely destroyed in an earthquake in 1931. It was rebuilt in Art Deco style and Jim and I visited in 2014 keen to see the architecture. We weren't disappointed. When we saw that there was a performance of The Marriage of Figaro on the day of our visit we were lucky enough to get tickets. Great!

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