Coast Road Tree

This tree is always a key landmark as you drive along the Coast Road in Winter. Not only have the road side branches been removed, the remaining tree is growing away from the strong wind off the North Sea. It’s more striking as you’re driving towards it from the other side, but there’s nowhere to stop.

Day 690 / Day 9 Post Plan B (for my record only)
England’s R no. has risen to 0.8 - 1.1. The ONS says that boosted Brits are 93.4% less likely to die from Covid than the unvaccinated. They also said that 1 in 7 young children in the NW had Covid in the 2nd half of Jan. A third minister has tested positive in 5 days. The number of people being diagnosed with cancer in the UK has dropped by c50k since the start of the pandemic. 5 aides from No.10 have now resigned in less than 24 hours in relation to ‘partygate’ and the PM’s response to it.