Happy Birthday Taddy
It's the 30th June 2021 and we're getting ready to go cruising. That's a simple enough plan but the world has changed around us. For a start, we're 3 months late. That's because it was illegal for us to leave the UK in April. Second, we can't go anywhere yet because the Belgian government requires us to quarantine for a week before we do. Our very presence here seems to be against the rules. Finally, we can only stay 90 days because our fellow countrymen decided that was progress. A few years ago, we took our ability to do these things for granted. The new restrictions seem so incredible that we're leaning not to take things for granted. We're also learning that you have to work hard to get what you want and take some risks. The Belgian government, like the UK, is working to get people vaccinated. So far they've achieved 34% which is a bit more then 2/3 of the UK's 49%. And with an infection rate of about half the ...