Christmas Tiers

I did actually see my first person carrying Christmas tree of the year earlier, while out getting a repeat prescription

I'm not impressed with the allegedly 'tougher' Tier system Boris has announced to replace lockdown from the 2nd. He's introduced so many caveats and loopholes to satisfy the Tory backwoodsmen that it ends up slacker than the previous Tier system that put us into lockdown in the first place. So plan for going back into lockdown in January or February. The failure to deliver the plans for Christmas also failed to impress.

My sister and I were discussing it afterwards and have pretty much concluded that what arguments there might have been for me coming up at Christmas no longer apply given I'm now living next door to the highest rate in the country*. It's definitely at the ordering stuff for Christmas Dinner on the presumption I'll be here not there stage. Which doesn't quite preclude a late decision to travel, but the chances are getting smaller by the day.

* Sheppey East, 2,079.5 cases/100,000