Good morning Mick and all who follow. Sounds like you are finding it difficult being out of your usual routine, Mick. Hang in there, it will all pass eventually and the main thing is to keep yourself safe.
Weather in Malta today looks rather overcast but it is warm already so could be a hot day.
I have run out of my tablets so have just messaged my lovely doctor to ask what the procedure is for getting my prescription filled. No doubt a walk to the pharmacy will be on the cards. I could do with the exercise, especially after eating rather too much cake yesterday!
Hope you all manage to have as good a day as possible, and a good week ahead. 
Good morning Mick and everyone from a bright but frosty morning in Cheshire. Its a clear blue sky and that lifts the spirits somewhat.
I really had to think what day it is today. Could be my muddled head or it could be because the days are merging into one. I wish I'd had the foresight to buy materials to keep me busy sewing and crocheting before this began. I have my paints and plenty to read.
Long chats with my DD yesterday and I make a point of calling one or two people each day. The family in a series I'm watching on Netflix are the only people allowed into my home and I talk to them! How sad is that?
Walking in the woods and to see the ducklings at 9.00. They rush to see me now and come right out of the pond. I'm able to hold a shouty conversation with my neighbours walking too and that perks me up for the day.
Warm wishes to all GN friends especially those with worries/illness. 
for all.
Good morning from the NE coast where we have another cold, windy and grey start to the day. Yesterday was absolutely freezing and my walk on the beach was very short despite wearing 3 layers .
Today will be yet another day of hanging on hold to that wonderfully competent team at Barclays . 
most of whom don’t know their own ar*e from their elbow and follow a pathetic script (that’s in between feeding the baby and checking Facebook). In the meantime some of us are falling apart. Not holding my breath to be able to speak to someone who knows what they are talking about .
Have a good Monday everyone and stay safe (and sane) .
Love
Gillybob x
Good morning Mick and all from a cold, but sunny Glasgow. It's only -1 degrees here.
Sorry folks, I'm about to have a moan on this lovely thread.
I just need to offload.
We had a terrible day yesterday. My bereaved sister in law clicked on a scam email from Virigin Media in the early hours of Sunday morning, revealed her password and personal details.
The fall out has been awful, as she is not at all computer literate. We still don't know what other accounts have been compromised.
She phoned us in a total panic yesterday morning, saying that she couldn't understand what the Virgin Media agent in a foreign call centre was saying, so gave them our name and number and said we would deal with it. ?
We then got a call from Virgin Media and eight hours later we were still phoning, being passed from pillar to post. No-one would help us, despite us setting up a secondary password on her account, so that we could speak on her behalf.
They kept telling us it was wrong and quoting GDPR.
That's when I lost it!
Virgin had to delete the whole account, as the scammers had changed the settings on the email account and Virgin were locked out.
In among all this, my SIL kept ringing my mobile non-stop while my husband and I were talking to Virgin on our landline. I had to put the phone in another room, as we couldn't concentrate.
What made it worse, that despite us asking her many times to register with My Virgin, to give ease of access to her account, she hadn't done it.
It needed an email address, but of course that email account was compromised.
The agent suggested using an alternative one, so I tried to set up a Gmail account for her, but apparently she already had one, although she denied it.
She couldn't remember any details on her account and at one point, the agent suggested we might not who we said we were. ?
As we were sheilding we couldn't go round and speak to her and I certainly didn't want her in my home, as she has been going out and about!
I had to phone her on my mobile, hold my phone against the house phone, so that the agent could speak to her.
We were still on the phone at 6pm last night, trying to resolve it. We hadn't eaten for hours. I did something I said I would never do during Lockdown, order a takeaway.
Eventually, I had to go to bed, as I had had a number of angina attacks due to the stress of it all.
SIL was totally oblivious to the consequences of what she had done.
Today we have to start all over again, with the phone calls, but after it is resolved, I will be contacting my nephew in London to suggest he starts taking an interest in his mother's welfare. Power of attorney may be an idea, as these incidents are happening every couple of weeks and It's starting to affect my health.
MY SIL also has two brothers who live in the town, but she will not ask for help from them, nor her son.
Sorry folks for the rant, I'm not in a good place this morning, I feel quite unwell.
Unfortunately, the maths class will be closed today, I am going to be verrrry busy!
Thinking of Dragonfly, Gilly and Gramamretto's husband.
Take care folks.
Oh Marydoll my heart goes out to you. Your SIL's son and brothers do indeed need to take more of an interest in her welfare, it is not fair for you and your DH to shoulder the burden
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