Only five days left before the US elections and I would have just completed my 200th blog. Which of the two is most exciting? I have to admit that I can’t get up much enthusiasm over the Trump/Biden contest, it’s a matter of dangerous compared to boring but I think I’ll go for the latter. The polls suggest that boring will win but at the end of the day it could be down to which side of the fence the undecided fall. If they decide to vote that is. Some critics suggest that the Trump has run a bad campaign but then maybe he doesn’t really want to win. He has hinted that he is missing his old life of freedom.
France is having a terrible time at the hands of Islamic terrorists with yet another three murders in the city of Nice. This has been in the past one of my favourite destinations and one of the few that I don’t mind returning to. I can’t imagine what their government is going to do about the situation. They are very determined to allow freedom of expression but what to do about perceived provocative and often offensive images and articles? The attacker had only been in the country just over a month. Just along the coast from Nice the Cannes Film Festival was being celebrated. Organisers quickly swapped the red carpet for a black one in respect to the victims. They were lucky they weren’t targeted, too much security I suspect.
I was hoping to get out for an exercise walk today but the weather as you all know was dreadful. I went over to meet Margaret but just stayed in her place drinking tea and putting the world to rights instead. I had already planned to do some shopping on the way home and took a different route which I thought would be quicker. I managed to hit a kerb on one of those little islands in the middle of the road and busted my tyre. Fortunately I was a few yards away from Aldi which is opposite a small car workshop. They swapped the wheel for my spare while I shopped and said the tyre was knackered anyway. I’ll have to find the time to get to a tyre depot now and have had good recommendation from some friends. Life is never boring even in covid times.
Talking of Covid my grandson was tested positive. I hadn’t seen him on his visit home from Uni so I’m ok but their family are now in quarantine. Hope they manage to survive two weeks of being locked up with each other. That’s all for today. I’m tired and no other news caught my attention. Good night everyone. 😴💤😴