If I can't send you all a round robin, how can I tell you about little Lucifer getting his Certificate for Grade 2 xylophone in a lovely ceremony the family arranged for him in the middle of the High Street during lockdown? He was so disappointed that his little school was closed and so he wouldn't be having the presentation in front of an admiring school assembly. Although the police were called, they were very reasonable, and the fine wasn't much, really.
We just had to have a holiday; we are, as you know, quite sensitive, and really felt lockdown more than most people, and so we flew to a quiet resort we know, where we can't have seen more than a few hundred people. It was very annoying to find that we had to "quarantine" when we got back, but fortunately the checking up which was done happened almost always when we were actually in the house. They called only once when we were out, getting our eyes tested. The fine wasn't much, really.
We hope you all have a wonderful Christmas and a very happy 2021. We are planning to use the relaxation of the travel restrictions to visit the family in Glasgow, Manchester and London - just fleeting visits, alas, but we hope to see all 35 of them, including the aged in-laws! It'll be tiring, but I'm sure it will be worth it. The risk of transmission of the virus (if it exists, ha ha!) seems to us to be greatly exaggerated and isn't much, really.
Love to all, from the when family.