This is going to be a short blog as there’s been bugger-all of interest happening here today. I’ve been busy with work so didn’t even accompany Dawn on the weekly ‘escape from the valley’ shopping trip to Huddersfield. Instead I’ve been glued to a screen all day – apart from venturing out in the drizzle and murk to get the bare minimum of exercise and venture into Sowerby Bridge to stock up on coffee.

It’s the first time I’ve been there on foot since the breakdown of lockdown and I don’t know if to laugh or cry. I passed one of the re-opened men’s barbershops where I saw the barber cutting someone’s hair whilst sporting a baseball cap and disposable mask – which he was wearing below his nose! Have the past three months taught people nothing, or is it that some people have the attention-span of a Goldfish?

Needless to say, that’s not one establishment you’ll find me frequenting!

OK, time for something I’ve not seen for several days now sunshine. Let’s see what I can find in the archives…

Here’s the beautiful beach at Coral Bay on the larger of the two Perhentian Islands (off the East Coast of Malaysia) seen in February 2009. Feel free to pull up a sun lounger, only bring your own alcohol from the mainland as booze isn’t regularly available here. But with fantastic beaches, superb swimming and snorkeling and an abundance of sea-life, it’s not much of a hardship…

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