Journal
Quarantine diary – day 5
Today, for the first time, the day stretches out ahead of me and, despite the soft roar of the airconditioner, it seems uncomfortably quiet.Today's main event will be my Day 5 PCR test. This one is not self-adminstered. Some people from the Health Department will...
Quarantine diary – Day 4
A giant pumpkin has arrived across the Bay in Wanchai. Halloween is upon us, it seems.I begin the day overwhelmed by kindness of someone I only know from Twitter, who did this quarantine herself a few months ago. She's offered to bring me necessities like a corkscrew...
Quarantine diary – day 3
I'm starting to settle into the new quarantine regime. It helps that I have food deliveries to look forward to.The normal East to West jet lag routine has set in, it seems: I'm so tired the first night after travelling that I fall asleep immediately, having nodded all...
Quarantine diary – Day 1
Having spent six weeks at home in Beckenham and another three on my washout in Canada, I finally arrived back in Hong KongThe journey and its overture of trying to find a PCR testing clinic in Vancouver that would provide me with a certificate of ISO 15189...
Days 52 to 56 The Canadian
I've wanted to do this train journey across Canada for ages. Why not spend some of my Canadian washout days doing this?The Canadian Day 1 - Sunday 10th October 2021 I go to bed quite late the night before, having spent ages organising my luggage. I drag myself out of...
Postcard #20 Yorkshire Dales National Park
It's an astoundingly pretty part of the country.At last I've stumbled, almost breathless, into the Yorkshire Dales. It's not easy running up those hills when you have so little oxygen left in your blood. `Or when you've had so few opportunities to run. Or, in fact, so...
Bleeding ‘ell
CW: This post is about unpleasant perimenopausal symptoms. The "ick factor" is substantial. I'm writing about my own deeply personal experience in the hope only that it might help someone in her transition towards menopause and give those around her some understanding...
Days 48 to 51 Toronto
[wpgmza id="2"]Sadly I didn't have as much time in Toronto as I'd originally planned because my original Canadian train booking was cancelled. Still, I managed to do the two most important things on my itinerary, visiting the CN Tower and meeting up with...