a day of expanding horizons, taking a wander up to shillin in the hope that the snowflake ice place is stilll open, which it was taking the edge of the heat quite deliciously and then off up one of the local hills for a walk... things begin to revert towards normal, that vaccine rollout still not great, disinformation from the pro china lobby who, after they realised that the chinese vaccine they were so desperate to take was a pile of poo, have taken to spreading doubt and disinformation about the risks and benefits of the ones that work... it is a bit disheartening to see politics intrude into the pandemic, not unexpected but even so...