A sombre day with the news that 100,000 people have died now with Covid. The one thing in all this is the admiration for all those wonderful people in the NHS, public services and support workers (sure I’ve forgotten others).

I managed to do a voluntary job today (on my own for obvious reasons) sorting out the area around some ponds. It was muddy and raining. Someone has to do it!

Yesterday’s Quiz answers on Snow and Ice

a) The music for the Snow Maiden was written by Rimsky Korsakov   b) George R. R. Martin wrote Song of Ice and Fire (Game of Thrones)  c) Snow has to fall on the Met Office roof in London on the 25th December to be declared an official White Christmas  d) Torvill and Dean are the famous ice dancers  e) Ptarmigan is the bird that turns white in winter.

Today’s Quiz is on Doctors

a) Who wrote Doctor Zhivago?    b) He created a monster in Mary Shelley’s classic?    c) Which Doctor can talk to the animals?   d) Who had a “split personality” ? e) Who is the Greek Physician is  known as the “Father of Medicine?”