The wrong trousers ...

 I was just thinking of the lovely Wallace & Gromit film “The Wrong Trousers”. Why you might ask? Well yesterday 2nd December was the first time I have worn trousers (as opposed to shorts) since early April. And that is why I love living in Cyprus so much as the mild weather can be delightful for months and months on end. We don’t often leave the house after dark, when the temperature can drop after sunset, and so changing to go out has become a thing of the past.

The level of infections here has risen quite sharply in the last couple of months and continues to do so. A government that acted so precipitously in the spring has bowed to the apparent needs of the economy, and it is sad to see. Sooner or later they will have to increase the restrictions to stem the rate of increase. It seems quite daft to ease matters when a vaccine is on the horizon, which may change matters for us all.

Ann and I have discussed whether we would be prepared to be vaccinated, and it will be a very difficult decision. Both of us (age and underlying medical conditions) are in the vulnerable category, and we have to ask ourselves whether the possible (and unknown) side effects of this vaccine are preferable to catching a virus which could be fatal. On the run up to Christmas last year who would have thought 2020 would end up as it has.

It reminds me of a bank manager who used to come into our pub in Kent, who always advised you to take your pensions the second they became available as no one knew when “the number 54 was coming round the corner”.

On a more cheery note, we are getting used to cosying up to the log burner after sunset, and eating earlier, and watching various box sets. We recently watched The Undoing, which we both thought was brilliant - despite being disappointed by the ending. My money was on Donald Sutherland. We are now looking at The Crown. We bailed out of Season 3, as neither of us could believe Olivia Coleman as the queen. But so far, Season 4 has been more watchable. And - on the back burner - we plan to watch Queen’s Gambit, especially as I am teaching Ann to play chess.

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