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Tyke,

Thanks for your signpost report. I can - and do - get lost anywhere, signposts or no signposts!

Malone
Thank you for the posting on your thread. I am sorry but I didn’t see it until yesterday. It was very funny. You were right to deduce that I have been in isolation.

It was in mid-January that I heard about the illness in China and I thought that it would reach here very soon. I felt we would be safer in France, so took the family to Paris. But I found life difficult there. They wont do a full English breakfast and the markets were crowded. I couldn’t settle. They refuse to speak English, the signs are all wrong and there is no cricket. I sent you a postcard and I’m glad it reached you.

We came home and found that the policy seemed to be that we would build up “nerd immunity”, in which case I would be safe. Just to be sure, I turned off the computer as I believe they can easily get a virus. After the latest guidance, I have now been isolating like everyone else, but thought I would look at the forum. I was very pleased to find that it is unaffected.

jigjag

glad to hear you are well and able to post again. I suppose you have been very busy. I hope you didn't mind me doing a piece about Ivan Napple. I have missed them.

Jigjag

Lovely to hear from you, lovely to hear more about your travels. (The postcard was good, but there's always the limitations of space.) I was quite excited about taking myself off to Paris - no cricket being the big attraction - but as we all can't move anywhere just now, I'll stick with my usual haunts, Hamelldaeme and Roam (full name; Roaming-thestreets).

I'm sure you had a lot of adjusting to do on your return. I loved your 'nerd immunity'. I can't understand why the government dropped that one so quickly, maybe the Cabinets got too many nerds already?

Grunger

I'm sure Jigjag was delighted to hear you were keeping the Ivan Napple link going.

Tyke

Thanks. I am not missing football too much but I will certainly miss cricket. I suppose the only good thing is that the Hundred is off.

I read your discussions with grunger re Labour leadership. I was pleased KS was elected though Lisa Nando is very impressive. I cant take to RLB.

Jigjag

Pleased Lisa`s been appointed Shadow Foreign Secretary - Keir looks the part and should at least be able to make Labour electable again.

It`s a worrying time for all, so, I suppose sport is not a priority for many. I just hope the smaller clubs survive, Scarborough CC managed to lose money last season despite the Yorks matches attracting big crowds - Durham had planned to play a `home` 50 over game there this summer but ...

... glad you`re back to cheer us all up!

grunger

Of course I didn't mind. As Malone said, I was delighted you wrote it. By the way, I am glad the telegram with Ivan's phone number reached you. I didn't know your address but thought "Miss Grunger, Pie Eater, Wigan" would be enough. The Royal Mail are amazing at finding people.

Tyke

I read that Liverpool FC are the lastest club to have "furlonged" their staff. I thought that was to do with horse-racing. That reminds me - I enjoyed the Grand National but there were an awful lot of people there. How did they get away with that? ...and I didn't see any football staff in the final furlong.

Malone

Thanks for your comments. I forgot to tell you that Ivor Berger has gone back to Germany. He phoned to tell me that the thought of few months lock down in McD.... would not be a great idea, so he was going while he could. I couldn't imagine anything worse.

malone
I liked 13A in the Times today, though Jigjag wont be able to parse it.

Tyke

I was pleased Sir K was elected but thrilled about the For Sec appointment. I suppose Lisa will have to meet Trump at some stage but she can handle him

Grunger

Yes, 13 A was a good clue and I'm sure Jigjag will appreciate it (though maybe not instantly?) I was sorely disappointed in 3 D - it's been around longer than I have!

As life is rather restricted for us all now, I've been sorting out my bookshelves. I found a few old favourites, things I might return to...

One Hundred Days Of Solitude
A Room With A View
Journey To The Bottom Of The Stairs
Around The House In Eighty Days
Gone With The Windows.

Grunger

I got 13A straight away - chimeme which must be a little sound, made by a wind-chime etc. It fits with 2 crossers but I cant solve 6D so I cant be sure yet.

Malone

My One Hundred Days of Solitude are up on 26 April. I assume I will be allowed out then.

I have done the "Around the House" route but might vary my walk today.......... at least I wont have to do it for 80 days.

I read that a man had climbed Everest in his house, obviously a large one, but where did he get the sherpas from.