lets get out and about on Monday

My second vaccination was just as bad as the first.
Pfizer

It’s perfectly possible to be kind to others, to recycle etc and still go out to support struggling businesses, which of course is being thoughtful and kind to the proprietors who will welcome us with open arms.

I struggle to see the point you are making Purplepixie although I do agree about how the peace and quiet was a bonus during lockdown.

It was a completely artificial situation though wasn’t it?
We can’t live like that for ever.

Fanny Cornforth I was really ill after my first jab (not as bad as EllanVannin though) but not even a twinge after my second.

I'll be thinking of you Fanny, having allowed myself just one vaccination because of how I suffered too. x

I'd rather wait and go to the Battle of the Flowers in Jersey. I'd promised myself to go last year for my 80th but it was cancelled. I'll have to wait and see how the land lies.

What does be kind to each other mean, in the context of the thread?

I think many on here are putting others before themselves by spending their own money to help salvage the poor sods in the hospitality industry who need customers!

I wont be hurrying to the shops, pub or restaurants as I haven’t missed them at all. I do miss the initial peace and quiet of the first lockdown though. One day I had a walk around our village and could actually hear lots of birdsong, animals in the fields etc. And it was lovely. Think of our earth and recycle more. Worry about those poor countries who cannot feed themselves. Put others before you and stop chomping on the bit to get out there on Monday. Be kind to each other.

Fanny, we didn't get any significant side effects from our second jab (Pfizer) so you may be o.k.

Sadly we are going to a funeral, at last more people allowed according to venue.
Will look forward to son’s BIG birthday (how did that happen ?) in a couple of weeks after not meeting family indoors for months.

timetogo2016

We are off to the static caravan by the sea,so still self distancing which is fine by me.
Sooo looking forward to long beach walks.

That sounds absolutely perfect.
Wishing you a lovely time.

I'll be going with DH to get vaccine number two and bracing myself for the onslaught of side effects

We’re off to the cinema!!

Our 2020 Windermere break was transferred to May 10th 2021. When Boris announced the roadmap we altered it to May 17th. We’ll be staying in an apartment and eating at restaurants and pubs which we’ve prebooked. We have to start living again.

We are off to the static caravan by the sea,so still self distancing which is fine by me.
Sooo looking forward to long beach walks.

I wont be returning to the way I spent pre pandemic. I used Costas etc a lot for work lunches and so on, I wont be doing that anymore, let's face it they arent very nice, I have been able to spend a lot more on my home etc because of that. I wonder which sections of the economy will gain from all this.

Wow! Ellianne I had never heard of that.
I learn so much on here.
The debate about spending continues. Way back in the 1970s when all we hippies were into self-sufficiency. recycling clothes etc we were accused of selfishness and isolationism!
The argument was as M0nica reminds us that we must spend to keep the economy strong.

I haven't intended to spend during the pandemic but it is proving impossible not to. from house and garden repairs to funerals, it has been non-stop.

I am seriously considering letting my spare room on airbnb and making a little cash and keep the wolf from the door.

Nothing planned for Monday but we are venturing south the week after to stay with DD and DS.

JenniferEccles

I think Urms was talking about a coffee not shoes!

Mind you she might be wearing flat white shoes when she has her coffee inside!!

However we are shod it’s wonderful to have the choice of where to sit according to the weather conditions given all the rain we have had lately!

Apparently you can get shoes from recycled coffee!

I think Urms was talking about a coffee not shoes!

Mind you she might be wearing flat white shoes when she has her coffee inside!!

However we are shod it’s wonderful to have the choice of where to sit according to the weather conditions given all the rain we have had lately!

I agree! We should particularly support the hospitality industry now they are allowed to open indoors. I read that one in ten of them haven’t survived, so those which remain desperately need our support.

We have already booked a table for a restaurant meal next week with some of our family, and I will be meeting friends for lunch indoors (in the warm and dry !) soon too.

We are thinking about booking a hotel in Devon in the summer. We stayed there last summer and when restrictions were lifted and felt perfectly safe.

I think it’s clear by now that these variants are going to be a part of our lives so we just have to learn to live with them.

A very large percentage of the population has been vaccinated, so now is the time to grab the next stage of freedom isn’t it?

Well I’ll be going to have my second vaccination so will be a ride on the train for me!

Interesting thread. I haven't any plans to do anything different from last Monday or the 60 Mondays before.

Booked for late lunch on Wednesday (after school) with DH, DD and GC to a very nice local restaurant in walking distance. Yippee!

Also need to go shopping for a few bits (make-up and clothes).

Going back to my sewing class tomorrow, it's at my teacher's house, me and one other person. Going for a meal in town on Tuesday, and have a hospital appointment on Wednesday. Hope we can continue with a slightly more normal life.

You know you’ll get told soon enough that not everyone has saved money during the pandemic. Why buy new shoes when some people have bare feet etc?

That sounds virtuous but does it really work like that? If you do not buy the very nice shoes you fancy, you may actually be stripping the shoes off someone because your shoes are no longer made and the shoemaker is out of work.

More broadly, if those of us who can afford it go out and spend, we are putting money in the economy, enabling shops to trade, factories to manufacture, buses and trains to keep running because they have customers which keeps bus drivers, train drivers, shop assistants and factory workers et al to work.

My 3 year old grandson has been really missing going to soft play centres.
He’s booked for Thursday when I have him for the day. (I’ve missed having indoor places to take him too!)