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This is the day last year that we returned from Australia one month early to see out the pandemic. Nobody at the time could contemplate that we were going to experience the events of the following year, at least now there may be some end in sight.
The day was partly cloudy and sunny, so we took ourselves off for a walk up the River Hamble on the footpath that passes by the Bunny Meadows adjacent to the waters edge, lots of people were out enjoying the sunshine.
We enjoyed our lunch sitting in the sunshine on the sea wall at Lower Swanwick Marina. A very confident paddle boarder was on the water dressed in full dry-land clothing and there were lots of people tinkering on boats in the marinas.
Our iphone showed the unmistakable sign of a significant and impending failure today - it has lasted us well for the last seven years so we decided it best to find a replacement. On Saturday we ventured to Tesco and bought a replacement in the shape of a new Samsung Galaxy A12. As ever none of the connections between the various phones are similar or compatible to allow a quick data transfer so there followed a frustrating couple days downloading apps, remembering passwords and tussling with the set up of the new hand set. Very impressed with it so far, a fraction of the cost of an Iphone and not made in China.Read more