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Spent some time on the peg bags today. I found a full size wooden hanger similar to the child size one so I did take the hacksaw to it and now I have two the same.
Usual walk although it threatened rain. I forgot to take my phone to take pictures of our broad beans at the allotment. The wind and the rain have made a tangled mess of them.
I heard from my friend Caro, in France, of the death of Peter Graham their dear friend. Jim and I had got to know him slightly before we sold the mill and left France. Peter was an author and journalist and wrote, amongst much else, Mourjou: The Life and Food of an Auvergne Village. This book, based on historical research and interviews with many local residents, describes the area surrounding the village, known as the Chataignerie, and its customs and cuisine. I have copies in both French and English but have only read the English one. Peter was a character and will be much missed.
Snippet from the News
Boris Johnson’s pledge to recruit 50,000 more NHS nurses is in doubt after the number coming from the EU fell again and coronavirus prevented thousands of arrivals from the rest of the world.
The prime minister made the promise a cornerstone of his general election campaign last year and has since reiterated many times his determination to deliver the increase.
But annual data from the Nursing and Midwifery Council shows that the number of nurses and midwives from the European Economic Area (EEA) on its register, and thus able to work in the UK, has fallen for the last three years in a row.
The total now stands at 31,385. That is 1,650 (5%) fewer than the 33,035 such health professionals who were in Britain in 2018-19 and 6,639 fewer than the 38,024 who were here in 2016-17, the year in which the UK voted to leave the EU.
Last year just 913 people from the EEA joined the NMC’s permanent register for the first time. That is less than 10% of the 9,389 EEA nurses and midwives who did so in 2015-16. Numbers arriving from Spain, Italy, Romania, Portugal and the Republic of Ireland have slowed to a trickle.
The NHS in England already has more than 40,000 vacancies for nurses.
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This is another cushion cover by my friend Lydia Childs. In fact it was when I saw this that I decided to have one made featuring my whippet Rufus. I might decide to have another doe in the likeness of my current dog, Jasper Whippet.
TOT ZIENS! Stay Safe! Beware of chlorinated chicken!
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