Into the premises via the beautiful gardens of the care home.

Then I was shown into a room with two chairs and a table and a speaker and PPE “stuff”. Mum sat on the other side of a large glass screen with a speaker on a table near her. It worked really well and I was able to hold up my iPhone and show her photos of animals at The Gables. She misses her visits here but mobility and travel issues (not to mention pandemics) make it impossible for her to be here. She has many good memories of time spent with us and we with her. She was particularly thrilled to see the photograph of her late cousin’s new baby great grandson in Israel. He is a beauty and mum was convinced that he was looking at her. Next week I have a room visit booked and maybe, soon, we will be permitted garden visits. Here’s hoping.

Chris collected 28 eggs to take to a local Primary school where his daughter in law works. They will put the eggs under a broody hen or in an incubator and the children will be able to wait and then watch chicks hatching

Down in the vineyard our new residents needed to be moved to their new residence

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As evening beckons and the goats go to bed, the flock gather at the paddock gate.

The hairdresser rented a perfectly good premises off St Neots high street. She had started the business from scratch, decorated and fitted it and she worked hard for five long years. It was busy and bustling. During the pandemic the landlord gave her a rent holiday in the first lockdown but refused to give her a rent holiday during the second. To add insult to injury he decided to put up the rent! He now has an empty shop and she has rented a small unit alongside a tattoo parlour and another salon and a Botox beautician on an industrial estate on the edge of town. Good luck to her.

This morning at 9.30 am Dame Vivien Rose was sworn in as a member of The Supreme Court of this land.

Henceforth Dane Vivien will be known as Lady Rose of Colmworth Click below for part of her oath

I was so moved by the simplicity and dignity of the ceremony which was especially difficult in these strange times. I am also honoured and delighted to call Lady Justice Rose of Colmworth a friend and one who well deserves this high legal appointment. She will serve the law, this country and the rule of justice without fear or favour and I wish her huge congratulations.