Hello everyone, 2020 has begun with some speed! January was the month of visitors. My lovely French cousins arrived and then an old friend flew in from Ireland. I was able to be the host, took them to my favourite pub, had a music session at home and shared fish and chips at my ideal seaside spot. Then with February came the Six Nations Rugby and long weekend afternoons spent in front of the pub TV. Me and my Welsh Rugby shirt are happy to see a championship with teams from across Europe. BREXIT is something that is still a subject of discussion with my family, PAs and visitors. We wonder and worry about what will happen this year. One of our friends has already been asked (told) not to speak French down her phone in a shop in Swindon! Being half French myself and often found smiling in the midst of family French-English, exchange and laughter, there is some fear and sadness. Then 2 weeks ago my first “PUB QUIZ AT HOME”. I am raising money to make the accessible area at Cambridge Folk Festival a more colourful, fun and interactive space. So my kitchen became a pub for the night and we had great fun. My multi-national team, with 3 people from Portugal, 1 half French and 2 English people came second. We already have a date for the next quiz and I’m just putting together my Facebook Events Page. Social Media is really important to me and although I work hard to be part of my local community, Tweeting, Blogging and Facebook gives me a wider set of connections and means having what Greg (my PA) calls “An Online Presence”. Last year I launched Riff Raph Promotions with a really successful Benefit Gig for Cambridge Strawberry Fair. So I decided to give it “An Online Presence” and set up a Facebook page. Please give my page a “like” to see what I’ve got planned for the future. An early announcement, I’ve started to organise a Benefit Gig on the 23rd of May with Katherine Priddy. Back to day-to-day stuff. Last month I did The Great British Bird Watch. After investing in a bird-feeder in front of my window. This involved sitting on the sofa for an hour with cake (as suggested in the RSPB pack) and looking out of the window for a whole 60 minutes, 1 Magpie and 1 Bluetit spotted and noted. Next year I am NOT planning on doing The Great Bristish Birdwatch again! Then yesterday I went and brought a plastic pond to set up a wildlife area in my garden. When not venturing out to the great outdoors of my garden, I sheltered inside from storm Ciara and the Corona Virus and we have all been reading 1984 and the daily i newspaper together. Which is fact and which is fiction?
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