January
 
I'm trying to pretend that everything's normal... which of course it isn't.  This is not in anyway denigrating the appalling situation that we are all, as a nation - as a global community, experiencing at the hands of covid.  While countless people suffer at the hands of this terrible virus.  The tireless and selfless work carried out by our healthcare professionals - generally going unnoticed behind poorly manufactured PVC masks, and a mainstream media that still continues to extol the talentless.  And I'm pretending that everything's normal. To compound this misery, January is supposed to be a bit of chore, why is January the saddest month?  Why is January so depressing?  Blue Monday... it goes on.  Well I like January - but only if the sun is shining and I can head to a reservoir or large waterbody to see wildfowl in all their post-moult splendour. I headed over to Broom GPs on New Years Day, it's my not quite local, local patch but a good opportuni...