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I have heard the Horncastle canal path is an excellent route for walkers, did the canal drop into the Witham navigation? The Kingdom of Lindsey was almost an island is Saxon times, given the geography the area should have more navigable waterways.

Moderna (ticker symbol MRNA) was originally a military project. Its not rocket science to work out what the covids was all about. from the wikipedia article "Product development edit In 2013, the company formed a partnership with AstraZeneca to develop treatments for cardiovascular, metabolic, and renal diseases, as well as cancer. Moderna also was awarded a $25,000,000 grant by DARPA through a program Autonomous Diagnostics to Enable Prevention and Therapeutics: Prophylactic Options to Environmental and Contagious Threats (ADEPT-PROTECT).[11] Its stated goal was to develop an mRNA vaccine with the capability to suppress a global pandemic within 60 days." DARPA. "The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is a research and development agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military". I wouldn't trust this lot as far as I could throw them and I definitely would not be able to throw them. No vaccines for me, my kids or the Woman at any time. Not interested. Scam alert. Making profit for military goals is a distinctly unsavoury option in life. But to be fair the average stocks and shares based pension scheme probably does include holdings in arms manufacturers so most people are happy with it.

They have now. Lock 7 is closed "as a result of the gates being damaged". https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/notices/29008-rochdale-canal-lock-7

Given my horrendous personal record with paperwork I would far more likely lose a paper railcard plus when her ladyship treated me to a surprise weekend away, obtaining an electronic railcard via the app was the only option with 48 hours to departure. I think it took just a few hours. The card registration won't be lost if the phone is lost. Re battery power... my 2015 vintage iPhone was on its last legs April this year then I walked into one of those high street phone fixit emporiums and for £30 I now have a phone that will hold charge for 2 days or more. Fixed in 15 minutes while I watched. I am not sure if anyone mentioned earlier that Acardo used to be the Waitrose home delivery outfit and that relationship developed a poor reputation. They turned over a new leaf with M&S apparently. I built a plywood Mirror sailing dinghy once, does that count? I like to think of a young family member cruising the Cut in 40 years and thinking Grandad/Uncle did a good job. The likely state of the canal network in 40 years fills me with less enthusiasm, will it exist?

There writes an author who has obviously never owned a wooden boat!

Earplugs

Because I subscribe to the intergenerational covenant and believe each generation should hand on the world to the next generation in a better shape than inherited. And how can any narrowboat owner sleep at night listening to the electric worms digesting their baseplate!

You are my kind of gal 😄 Although being veggie I would skip the meat. Hope you get sorted.

Gordon Riggs garden centre, poosibly the best garden centre we have ever visited. Not the cheapest but a good food section, mostly made locally on a small scale, pizza and scotch eggs are both rather good.

Not wine Sir. Never wine. Tis the drink of the horned devil himself Sir, and I will have nothing to do with it. Half a dozen Tennent's Super was the brew du jour.

Is the British Heart Foundation good enough for you? https://www.bhf.org.uk/informationsupport/heart-matters-magazine/news/coronavirus-and-your-health/coronavirus-vaccine-your-questions-answered/myocarditis-and-covid-19-vaccines-should-you-be-worried And one more.. Paper: Sex-specific differences in myocardial injury incidence after COVID-19 mRNA-1273 booster vaccination. Published in European Journal of Heart FailureVolume 25, Issue 10 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/ejhf.2978 And explained in high-brow lay terms here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cd_RTf_ForA

i think i will put a lighter socket on it thanks everyone for the replies