Me & the Corona virus in Salisbury

  I saw a very bright star in the sky Monday night and thought it was the space station, it turned out to be Jupiter which is a gas giant and one of the brightest stars ( or planet ?) in the sky.  Jupiter is the closest it's ever been for 59 years and was on the news, people couldn't live on Jupiter as the weather is too extreame; imagine hurricain winds everyday all day all year round! Fifth in line from the sun Jupiter ( Roman ruler of the gods ) is the largest planet in the solar system, the stripes on Jupiter are cold windy clouds of amonia and water floating in an atmosphere of hydrogen and helium.  Jupiter has a giant red spot which is a giant storm bigger than Earth which has been there for hundreds of years!   Jupiter takes 12 earth years to travel around the sun, spinning every ten hours.   I have joined a group called Socalise Salisbury which is on Facebook, I went to one of their meetings at Weatherspoons to help give ideas for a design on t...

Today our  Queen was laid to rest at Westminster Abbey, the ceremony started at 9.00, but I got up to my parents roughly around 11 o'clock as I was cycling. I think the tyres need doing,  as they felt sluggish.  St Thomas's Church Bell was tolling,  and a huge TV screen was set up inside the cathedral. The King looked tired and I thought he was going to cry, well he is burying his mother today.  The weather stayed fine a rainbow was seen on the Eve of the Queen's funeral at Windsor castle, also a ray of light. Some people had camped out all night. Lots of people watched the procession in Bournemouth lower gardens, also in Christchurch and Pool park. Westminster  Abbey was packed full of world leaders, president Bidon didn't stay long flying back to the states 2hrs after the service.  Lots of people threw flowers at the queen's coffin, eight soldiers carried the coffin down the steps to the car; must have weighed a ton. Also, the crown was on top of a p...

Tonight I hope I am writing history. Its the queen's funeral tomorrow, its been made a bank holiday so everything will be closed. The media says it'll be the biggest event event seen since the queen's father George 6th passed away in 1952. It could be the biggest thing the UK has done. Everyone will be watching the funeral, the queen will be laid to rest at Westminster Abbey next to her husband. The president of the USA flew in last night, all sorts of dignitaries have been coming in. A 5 mile Queue from Westminster Abbey right down to London bridge has been waiting to get in to see down  the Queen's coffin. Some have been waiting all night, and it was cold. I don't envy those people, the line is a 12hr wait! David Beckham the footballer, Holly Willerby & Phillip Scolfield went go the hall go see her. Some foreign  gent tried to rush towards the coffin, but he was quickly arrested. There's always one. A few days ago the queen was at Hollyrood house in Scotla...

  It tipped it down this morning, I was going to go to Britford with the walking for health group and hopefully get some jam, but I changed my mind.  I did the washing up and walked up Fisherton Street, then took cover at the vintage store as it began to rain hard again.  I'm doing a Christmas French knit for the crafty girls, it's going well so far. I'm hoping to visit Weymouth on Saturday, I'm hoping the weather will be much better than today.  I had Cornish pasty, beans and mash today.  Jane who works at the cafe was telling me about her troubles with her mother who lives in Yeovil, then Kim made a shocking statement that the queen is dying!  I can't imagine life with another monarch, but she is in her 90s now. I left at 2.30 and stopped at Franklin to get some silver thread for the green wool I'm adding to my Christmas tube.  I keep getting stupid heartburn, especially at night.  It seems to get worse when I look at my mobile phone screen. Our...

Only had the time to sit down today to write what happened.  On the last day that I was in Teignmouth, I went to Dawlish in the morning, and Shaldon in the afternoon on Sunday.  I went to the Clipper for lunch and sat just by the back door as all the outside tables were taken, I didn't finish off all my dinner as I started to develop a stomach ache so I went to the local shop and got some paracetamol.  The pain went off after a while so I sat along the prom watching the boats, I was very surprised to see the Restless come sailing in after a mackerel fishing trip.  I used to go on this boat with my parents for trips up the river and along the coast on the Restless, it's a red and white boat but I'm not sure how old the boat is.  There used to be another boat called the Joybell which was blue I've been told this boat took part in the Dunkirk rescues. I had cheesecake at the Clipper and sat at a table facing the beach.  A sweet little girl sat next to me eatin...