Beat me to it
lol!
Honor Blackman has died 
For her in her heyday? All day 
âŚthat the Home Office advisory notice against all non-essential international travel has been made indefinite.
Hmm, I wonder if thatâs not entirely helpful for the airlines. Theyâll be hammered for refunds on flights scheduled months from now.
NATS will be in trouble very soon then and looking for a big pot of money from the govt.
During the Icelandic volcano eruption they were down to one months salary for employees by the time it finished.
Hadnât thought about that. Iâm due to pay an instalment on a my Villa rental for August and was hoping beyond hope we might get away. I suspect weâre 100% fucked now. Bollocks!
Getting the money back from a Spanish Estate Agent might be a challenge.
Our villa rental payment is due in June so weâre just letting it play out. Of course, we know we wonât be goingâŚ
Our flights are booked with Jet2 and up to now theyâve been following FCO advice regarding refunds. Theyâd suspended up until April 30th offering refunds to anyone booked, and were extending in line with the FCO advice.
This will send the lawyers round the twist.
Upcoming delight of trying to extract a refund from Ryanair
Hope you paid at least part by credit card
We were just talking about this. Weâve got 2 weeks booked in Croatia at the end of June / early July. We want to go but wonder about the attitude of the locals as the âuncleanâ are able to come in. Havenât thought about cancelling yet and no idea how to do it. Pissed off we cannot use the caravan in Ambleside but no argument.
Our September trip to Straya now fully refunded (except for circa ÂŁ200 in penalties & fees).
The weather would have been shite. We should have been there now 
. Looks like it will be after FoL #1 does A levels and FoL #2 does GCSEs next year. The weather will be really shite then.
We are now looking at Feb 2021. Weather should be ferocious in SA but milder in Vic.
If itâs ferocious on Monday morning in SA itâs waddling and chafing time in Victoria on Monday afternoon. My first February in Melbourne it was over 35C 18 days out of 28 (10 of which were over 40 IIRC). The Fitzroy Pool was open and chockas 24/7. We went to shopping malls for the aircon and ice cream shops nearly every evening after work.
I was teaching a class of 450 students in the Copeland theatre in the afternoon twice a week. The theatre was at full capacity 8-4 Mon-Fri so was fetid and pungent by the time I got in there.
Sigh.happy daysâŚ
When you cook your first joint of beef on the BBQ you need to watch temperatures, timings, brick quantities, air flow and many other things. This involves sitting watching the thermometer and a large metal thing you cannot open.
It also means beer. Then Gin and now whisky.
Iâm going to bed.
Something like this comes up every so often
And I always remember this book