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On Numbers (43)
Between rain and dusk Over the hills and back again Pedalling fury! ~ n.b. Sometimes you just get lucky and the weather breaks fall perfectly. Taking advantage of this, my cycling buddy and I sped around 43 km of Norfolk countryside today in a couple of hours. It was an almost total escape from some Read more
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Lockdown 2 (Day 7): Norwich
Dogs. Dogs everywhere. Talk of dogs being bought. Dogs. Kicked a football around in a park with some friends who invited me along as a Plus 1. We won 3-1 in first to three, two touch, two-a-side with jumpers for goalposts. I had an argument with a man in a van today. Not a big Read more
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On Numbers 28
This time popular vote is mirrored in colleges. Countdown has started. ~ n.b. First, first time loser for 28 years. That’s the first time in 7 USA elections when a President has been binned after 4 years in the job. Some football managers last longer in their posts than that. Let’s be frank about this, Read more
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Lockdown 2 (Day 6): Norwich
This medieval city, situated on higher ground is like so many French cities, its fingers reach out like spokes into a vast catchment area. It is easy to find the centre, difficult to connect the spreading parts. Today I cycled out and was able to link up a couple of suburbs because I had the Read more
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Lockdown 2 (Day 5): Norwich
9th November, 2020 The realisation that this is a very different situation to the original lockdown is slowly dawning on me. As a single person I have my own company most of every day. Any other contact is restricted to one other person at a time, unless I attend a class at the university, where we meet Read more
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On Numbers 3.8
Old Mister Brock shot Bovine tuberculosis It’s not black and white ~ n.b. Mass slaughter of badgers to inhibit spread of Bovine TB is a nonsense. Of 89 badger carcasses examined only 3.8% were infected with the illness. There is no justification for the continuing programme of mass slaughter of badgers (an otherwise protected species) Read more
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