Lockdown continues!

Not too sure what is going on at the lab where we sent our PCR samples but for the last 29 hours the little wheel on the app has been turning with the message “Test in progress” -(Extra)  I guess they are just overwhelmed with samples so in the meantime we are confined to barracks. Just as well it is a dreich January day - frustrating considering from today this test is no longer required.

As a positive I have been enjoying sitting beside a cosy fire reading a book I got for Christmas. The friend that gave it to me obviously knows my interest in old farm machinery. One interesting fact is that the year after I was born the number of binders being used in the UK was at a peak of 150,000. I well remember the one being used on our farm albeit being pulled by a tractor rather than by horses and we used to crawl into the tent like stooks once the oat sheaves had been propped up. Happy days !