No, I am not playing golf, but would happily smack our leaders over the head with a wood or an iron, and use their teeth as a tee, their faces still attached.
Our wondrous government has seen fit (WTF) to put us in Tier 4, so we are now parcelled up with 78% of the country in the highest risk tier.
Let me tell you a little about where we live in Lincolnshire:
Our town has a population of around 12,600.
Our ‘council’ area had an infection rate of 124 per 100,000 last week (ONS figures)………. this gives our town about 16 infected people.
Skegness had 101 per 100,000 and with a population of around 20,000 that makes 20 cases.
And both of us are in Tier 4, grouped with London, the South East and all those other areas running rife with the virus that the little darlings are spreading having fled the city, thanks to being given 3 days notice before the new restrictions of the then new tier came into force.
If we were to travel Down South to visit family in Bournemouth
or visit our friends from the boat, Bristol, Cheltenham hospital, or my brother in Coventry, we would not leave Tier 4 on the journey. The worrying thing about that is it covers almost 300 miles, though I do have a legitimate excuse to go to Cheltenham for my cancer care.
I wonder if the police will be patrolling the roads and turning people back tomorrow before they celebrate New Year.
pensitivity101 
It’s enough to drive one to drink 🍻
I have my bottle of Baileys and Hubby has his slivovitz………………………………..
rofl Here in the Northern climes of the US, North and South Dakota had the highest per capita infection rate in the States just a few weeks ago, based solely on the fact that we have such slight populations. 🙂
A general formula doesn’t work does it. On some official sites for infections data, some countries have more deaths per million than they have a population!
In golf it is called fore.
I was trying out my wit…………. not. haha. Do we know why?
Yes, actually, I do. It’s “fore” as in the nautical sense of the term, meaning forward or in front. You yell it to alert those in front of you that they might be in range of your latest shot.
Thanks Frank. I thought it might be something like that. 😀
I hate to say it Di but it’s really bad where we are, ambulances having queque to get patients into A&E ( I know this is true) I honestly think the whole country should be in tier 5. Be safe stay home.💜💜💜
We’ve seen the same when I took Hubby up to A&E 42 miles away. We are staying home and have no need to travel other than the surgery for Hubby’s INR or collecting our meds. If only people would stop and think first. Keep safe. How is your son?
Yes you keep safe too! Mark is doing okay 🤞 we hope 💜
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Good Grief! I would have thought they would have put in travel restrictions to keep the little areas of low infection apart from those areas with a high rate instead of lumping you in with London!!!
I guess it takes all the thinking out of it for TPTB by lumping everyone together. I think their Think Tanks are empty.
We are in level 5, which is our highest restriction level. We’ll be locked down for at least the next 4 weeks, but probably longer! Totally sucks!
I understand what you mean. We have no tier 5 here (yet) but strict lockdowns are threatened. It won’t stop the visitors coming though.
Hope for the best dear!