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Sunday, 17 July 2022

17th July 2022

Dear All,

The week began well with our elderly cousin’s reunion in Essex. We met initially at David’s Glebe Farm, Beaumont. David is coping remarkably well and seems to be revelling in his new state of freedom. Mary & Graham both seem very well but Anne Marie is no longer quite with things and Peter seems to be held together by bandages and elastic!

Lunch was taken at Weatherspoon’s in Dovercourt them we walked along the seas front to Harwich returning past some of the historical sights. We then returned to Beaumont for tea and more chat.

Graham, Mike, Kate, David, Mary, Anne Marie & Peter (plus Queen Victoria)

Old Sailing Barge

Old Lighthouse now Maritime Museum

Lightship in Harwich Harbour

Old Slave Thread Wheel Crane

I had felt fine all day but by bedtime I was running a temperature. After a poor night I got the dreaded double bar on the Covid test kit on Tuesday morning. 13 of us had celebrated Adrian’s birthday on the previous Friday night, it seems that Valerie who had just returned from Croatia had succumbed to Covid over the weekend and by the end of the week seven of us had tested +ve. One (Merv), ended up in hospital, Kate resisted until Thursday then she too subsided. I was poorly for two days with a temperature (not ideal on hot days and nights), persistent cough and runny nose. I then started to improve and felt OK by day 4 and tested -ve on Saturday. I was very worried that I had infected some of the elderly cousin’s but so far no one has felt ill. Kate meanwhile has been struggling for three days but of course refuses to become a model patient! I left her prostrate on the sofa on Friday but when I checked later she was up a ladder pruning the wisteria!

It was a good job that I recovered enough today as it was Over Carnival and we were well down on staff to erect and man the stand. We had our usual double pitch with a simple game, harder quiz, give aways for children and an area to rest and play for youngsters.It seemed to go well with skeleton staff and the rather warm weather.