Tunes on Tuesday ~ Wonderful Christmastime
Christmas is the day that holds all time together
This is the kind of song that gets played as background music in English pubs at Christmas. When the pubs here were allowed to open.
There is nothing quite so good as the fireside in your favourite pub at Christmastime.
A few friends, good conversation, a beer or three…..
The cat by the fire, as usual.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
a cat will always find the best spot in the place, especially when Santa is due
English COVID-19 Travel Restrictions Eased
live with no excuses, and travel with no regrets
As it has been widely expected, today a list of countries will be announced that residents of England will be free to travel to very soon. The travel ban is expected to be lifted on some 60 countries from July 4th, and from the 10th of July the 14 days quarantine for arrivals into England is not going to be required from these countries. It is expected that Cyprus, France, Germany, Italy, Malta, Spain, and New Zealand will be on the approved list ~ but not Greece. It is a lot more complicated than that.
For example; Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are doing their own thing ~ health policy is devolved to those regions.
The Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is expected to make an announcement, listing the countries for which the English travel ban is being lifted, at 17:00 hours this evening.
The place I want to go to the most, the better parts of the USA, are not expected to be on the list of permitted destinations. Not yet. Both the the US and English governments show no sign of rescinding their travel bans. Foreign Office and State Department rules still have to be followed. Otherwise travel insurance could be invalid, and laws may be broken.
And tomorrow, pubs, bars, cafes, restaurants, holiday parks, and other branches of the hospitality industry will be allowed to open in England too. Hotels are also expected to be open in limited ways. The social distancing limit in England is reduced to 1 metre (3 feet or so), from tomorrow. The UK tourism industry may be coming back to life.
We can all get a haircut tomorrow.
Actually, it is all very confusing.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
not certain I want to fly on a 737-300
A Multiplicity of Pubs
A good pub is a magical place, right up until someone gets drunk.
In an effort to keep fit and healthy I take a daily walk around this one-horse seaside town, and it occurred to me that I pass a lot of bars and pubs. I said pass, in that I don’t go inside because I hardly ever drink these days.
Today I counted each and every pub and bar I walked past, and there were 37, and one lap dancing club.
That’s not counting the score or more of restaurants and diners who also sell alcohol.
I wondered how long it would take me to get through them all, if I stopped and had one drink in all the 37 pubs and bars I counted, plus the lap dancing club. I’m guessing a week or so, and I’m guessing I’ll be in a hell of a state by the time I’m through.
Maybe I’ll miss out the LGBT bar ~ or maybe not, it might be fun in there.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalk.net
English pubs exist to sell beer.
Scenes on Sunday ~ York
Now is the winter of our discontent
Made glorious summer by this son of York;
These days ancient English City of York is full of bicycles, churches, tourists, and pubs ~ mostly pubs. And mostly not a lot of Shakespeare.
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jack collier
jackcollier7@talktalknet
unless you are a very attractive American woman, don’t ask to taste a load of different beers before you buy a pint.
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