Quote Originally Posted by helge View Post
I'm outa here

Pics ?
Here's a pic for you Helge...

I walked past a graveyard on the way back from the shop last night and noticed that most of the graves have been decorated with little lanterns. I've never noticed this before in the UK... is it a Swedish thing or a Scandinavian thing? Is this for Christmas or something else?




Meanwhile I've developed a problem over here...

Two of my four pairs or socks have developed holes. Usually on work trips I worry about the toothpaste lasting the full four or six weeks, but never in thirty years have I worried about socks lasting a trip.

And yes Ootai... I appreciate that may sound miserly, but it's not an unwillingness to buy a new pair of socks, it's about getting the opportunity.

I left Korat four months ago now and reckon I have another four to six weeks work left if I want it, so no problem working up to Christmas. Then I have a decision to make... do I visit my mum in Somerset over Christmas? She wants me to stay but I'm very worried about taking Covid back to her as she's 84. I've thought about getting a test on arrival at BRS (if that's even possible), then staying 2 or 3 days in a hotel while waiting on the results, and then staying at my mum's house over Christmas which would also be the 14 days self-isolating period.

But of course that small risk of picking up Covid on my journey and passing it on (or having it anyway but not knowing)? I wonder if anyone in the UK has any advice on this, or what the exact rules are for self isolating with someone else? For now I'm going to wait until the lockdown finishes on Dec 2nd and see what the rules are before making a plan, but I'm only putting the decision off. And of course it's not only about the rules, it's about the chance of passing Covid on to my mum for the sake of one Christmas....