LizzieM

22,1192 people PLUS ME had their second Covid vaccine today. I feel absolutely fine but been sorting out my wardrobe in case I don’t make it through the night.

I realise you were joking BK but wasn’t entirely sure whether Trolley buses went into ‘actual’ Arnold, whereas I lived up the hill towards Mapperley Plains. All the bus numbers changed after I’d moved away Margie, but I never caught the No. 10, was the terminus on Arno Vale Road? I used to walk from home along to the bottom of Breckhill to catch the 25 when I was at Digby College, after leaving school.

Not on the Arnold route in my day BK, to my knowledge.

You wouldn’t have had me as a passenger on your bus Den, I left Nottingham in 1975, not returning until 2004.

Yep RR, that was my mode of transport for quite a few years ....... Long Row, outside Lyons to Rolleston Drive Arnold. Every 20 minutes, last bus from town was 22.50 and if I wasn’t on that my Dad was walking the streets looking for me!

Well it wasn’t CT, that’s what I immediately said when he came back home and told me, but actually it was a card payment, the guy said they didn’t take cash!

Yesterday, apart from entertaining an elderly aunt ...... against Covid rules but a necessary action under the circumstances ..... my husband loaded my car up with various items to take to the council recycling centre on Redfield Road, the only one we’re permitted to use apparently, as City residents. He arrived before they opened the gates and nobody else turned up in the meantime. He asked one of the employees where to put 2 boxes of rubble and was told there was a charge of £8. Who knew that? Anyway, he grudgingly paid up but the guy asked for his postcode and said it wouldn’t cost anyt

Well we braved a cool April evening and sat outside Piccolinos, Weekday Cross this evening and had a very nice meal and drinks. We had dressed appropriately but they’d put heaters by the tables so it was fairly cosy. I doubt we would have bothered to venture out but friends rang last night and asked us to join them at 6pm this evening. Had a bit of a rush to get out as we’d had my elderly aunt round for tea and cream cakes this afternoon. Her two sons, my lovely cousins, brought her over for a change of scenery, even though we shouldn’t be mixing indoors she needed company and a distr

I’m feeling tidy and smug today as I was at my hairdressers this morning and not been since the first week of December so had 3 inches cut off.

Exactly Margie. We have a bus every 3 or 4 minutes into and out of town right from the end of our road. Mind you, in the past year I’ve rarely got on a bus, if I need to go into town I walk. But don’t park on our road Phil, cluttering it up!

Catch a bus then Phil

Doubt very much if there’ll be anything I want or need in Debenhams this week so won’t be bothering. I feel the same about restaurants and pubs opening tomorrow ...... as much as I enjoy eating out, I don’t want to be queuing and then sitting outside for the pleasure. I’m at the hairdressers in the morning though, that’s something I can’t put off any longer as I’ve not been since beginning of December. My hairdresser popped round on Friday to give me a ‘patch test’ as I have colour on my hair. Apparently there’s a new directive ...... if one has had Covid or a Covid jab t

I had a text msg this morning reminding me of my 2nd Pfizer jab at the Forest next Monday. My husband had his 2nd AZ jab yesterday at the Forest. He was in and out in 5 minutes, ignoring the instruction to sit down in the waiting area for 15 minutes.

Thank God for that! I haven’t watched the soaps since the 1970s and Comedy/Comedians are awful these days, the only comedians I enjoy are Peter Kay (who seems to have retired) and John Bishop (his programme about Beluga Whales has been fantastic and heart-warming). I’m a proud Royalist and in the past few months I’ve enjoyed lots of Saturday night TV programmes about our Royal Family, whilst my husband is watching football or boxing on another TV. However, as much as I admire Prince Philip and feel so sorry for the Queen, I do think his passing has been overdone on the telly and radi

I had a lot of admiration for Prince Philip, it couldn’t have been easy being the Monarch’s Consort for almost 70 years. I feel very sorry for the Queen, she’s lost her right-hand man. Such a shame he didn’t make it to 100 in just a couple of months time. I wonder if there’ll be a State Funeral with the virus still being centre-stage?