As i expected, much local resistance to the Botley Solar farm proposal. Admittedly, its pretty remarkable. The proposal would cover a huge swathe of land between Botley and Woodstock (see map), and according to the blurb would generate enough energy… Read more2023-01 Thoughts on West Botley Solar Farm

Well its been an eventful few months. Following my last March post when i tested +ve for covid, i got so bad i ended up going into A&E on a Friday evening. I was triaged then sent home but with… Read moreUpdate July 2022

Well, it finally happened again. I tested +ve for covid yesterday. I had a pounding headache on Monday, felt better on Tuesday and then terrible on Wednesday. I did an LFT and within minutes there was a very strong line…. Read more31st March 2022

Two years to the day since Mary was so ill i had to call an ambulance. And where are we? ZOE reckons 300,000 new cases per day, even the govt website reckons nearly 100,000 a day. Deaths are rising again,… Read more21st March 2022

Just putting this here for posterity.

So the govt has literally abandoned the people. All controls and measures have been removed and we’re on our own. And people are dying in their thousands. They (finally) updated the official measurements to include reinfections and deaths after more… Read more3rd Feb 2022

So while the govt continues to do *nothing*, at least in England, case numbers rose yet higher, to 190,000, and 12.000 people are now in hospital. Deaths have also risen though more slowly but are still up 20% week on… Read more3rd Jan 2022

Honestly its difficult – again – to know where to start. In the last week Covid case numbers have exploded, up from about 40,000 to 120,000 a day. The govt has done nothing, not a fucking thing, in England. They’ve… Read more28th December 2021

Omicron: yep, a new variant, and so we’re back to square one. It originated in South Africa, one of the least vaccinated countries, and is an inevitable consequence of that. We keep blethering on about how great our vacination programme… Read more11th December 2021

What to say? The govt shows no sign of improving its approach. Every week over 1000 people are dying, including on average three children. If we don’t even look after the children, what sort of society have we become? Outside… Read more23rd November 2021