Had a goolie zoom in the evening but only me Rick and Ian on. Greg suffering from the after effects of his second jab. Assume John still suffering from his move. Went swimming on Thursday morning and noticed a large tent being errected outside the sports centre. It turned out this is for this evenings count for the local elections. That prompted us to go and vote on the way back. Hand sanitiser on the way in and asked if we had any covid symptoms. Social distancing and single use pencils which seemed like a bit of a waste unless they can sanitise them or maybe just wait until any infection has died out. Nobody taking numbers either. Quite a lot of people voting though in what traditionally would have been a quiet time. Maybe peoples routines are different at the moment. Got an email from Mike Rowbottom about possibly having musical get together. He also mentioned getting aband together for Bunkfest but I will be at EOTR

 Had first Thursday drinks at the Fox and Hounds. They've changed their outdoor area to be a bit more open. I guess it needs to confirm to some rules. Quite busy, good service, good beer, felt safe. On Friday cycled to the Ascot Brewery with Kelvin and Andy. The last bit of was meant to be along the Blackwater Valley Path but it wasn't really suitable for cycling so we went by road which wasn't so good. The brewery like many is in an industrial estate. Not particularly attractive but the beer was good, they let us eat our sarnies and were all very friendly. It was starting to fill up with gentlemen of a certain age as we left. Got the train back from Blackwater. M was on an online symposium on Friday evening and Saturday about parishes. I did a bit of research on animation software and started learning Yer Blues for the next goolie soundtrap project which we've decided to have a go at. The election results were a bit delayed and mixed. Labour lost the Hartlepool bi-election and quite a few council seats but did well in the mayoral elections. Also did well in Wales. Pro-indepence parties have a majority in Scotland. It seems like people in power have done well probably because of the success of the vaccine roll out. Everyone forgetting how badly we did initially. Good start to the day on Sunday, didn't get up til after 12. A bit of a lazy day after that but watched Palm Springs. Watched Palm Springs.