How wonderful to see the sun today after the unrelenting grey we have had for most of February. Also good news on the effectiveness of the vaccine from Scotland. It is really encouraging news. Thank goodness the NHS have been organising the vaccines for us  and not the private firms (with friends in high places) that have made such a mess of Track and Trace.

It is time for one of my moans today. As you know if you read this blog that I cycle many miles on my bikes and I am really looking forward to the dry spell that is being forecasted. Sadly while out on the bike I have witnessed in many places is litter in the small brooks and streams that run close to the roads. Many bottles and cans clogging up the water flow. I’m sure it contributes to flooding problems. Why do people drop so much litter?

I spent quite a bit of today clearing gutters and trying to remove moss (loads of it) from the garage roof.

Today’s quiz is on schools as they look like being back to normal soon!

a) Who was the Headmistress of Crunchem Hall ( a children’s book)?    b) Which play, set in the early 1980s, opens in Sheffield Cutler’s Grammar School ?   c) In which year were the last O levels awarded?   d) The cruel fictional Victorian Dotheboys Hall features in what Charles Dickens novel?   e) Which 1967 British drama film is about Mark Thackeray   who takes a teaching post at North Quay Secondary School in the tough East End of London?