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May all your dreams come true....

Yup. French News and Views in English | The Connexion ......and that was two weeks ago ! ?

Prompted by a thread on The Lounge (?) I came across this in youtube. Lovely film of old Norfolk wherries and the navigation of the River Waveney from Bungay to the sea. Maybe of interest to some ?

Great thread, only just read it all. Thanks. I should be gin-palacing the west coast of Cyprus aboard our shared-ownership gulet in a month or two and will give regular reports.

Plan is to fly return to Tel Aviv (green) then on to Larnaca (amber) and, eventually, back to TA. We have very few corporate bookings so a few days gin-palacing around the west coast is on the cards.?

........why so slow ? That is a mere third of the number with full protection in The UK.

Webbie; fair winds.? You've had a tough old time and deserve a bit of good fortune now.

London news | London Evening Standard

Only 14 people flew to Scotland from anywhere in the world ! That is quite amazing.?

To me it is a matter of rEU showing that it is incapable of looking after its poorer members and we, for the sake of an ancient friendship, should step in with vaccine aid for Portugal. For Malta and Cyprus too. Two loyal British Commonwealth members.

It links to an interesting article on how Portugal reached this dire crisis and what may lie ahead for Portugal and Spain.

Looking like Spain may join Portugal in the travel red list. Cases for the last five days now average 30,000pd. Australian Times - Australian Times News

Once your new petition is up and running link to it here. I for one, and I would hope many others, will sign it?

It would not surprise me at all if Portugal will be the first EU country to receive UK vaccine aid. (But the poorest British Commonwealth countries may get it first of all) Best of luck.

Sky are reporting that Germany is flying in twenty seven medics + equipment and that Austria is preparing to receive covid patients from Portugal. Apparently only seven covid beds across the country are currently available for new admissions. The terrifying ease of infection of covid is...