Travelling On

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How shiny are your plugholes????

rtandon27

Good news on only small insurance increases!  I'm in the market for new travel annual insurance as just received a message that the underwriter of Virgin's has stopped supplying to the UK - not great timing as I was hoping for a role over at a decent rate!

Karmacat

apple_muncher said:

How shiny are your plugholes????

Still not very, but good enough    sinks are done, I even started on the bath, which is a nightmare all on it's own, as it's showers only in this house, in the semi-dark    

rtandon27 said:

Good news on only small insurance increases!  I'm in the market for new travel annual insurance as just received a message that the underwriter of Virgin's has stopped supplying to the UK - not great timing as I was hoping for a role over at a decent rate!

Ooh!  I had an annual policy before covid stopped me travelling, between the cruises and little bits in this country, but I won't be getting one yet, it's not worth it.

Covid and associated deaths came rolling up to my front door tonight: the auntie who upset my mum (they were sisters) has died in a rehab nursing home after weeks in hospital - and it's so long since any doctor saw her, there has to be a coroner's report In contrast, my mum was seen twice a week by the doctor, and more than that by the nurses during the 5 weeks she was ill.  Same town.  Visits and personal care were also affected.  I'll respect her privacy, but enough to say, I'm horrified on her behalf.  They lost her glasses I'm glad my own mum never had to go through that. 

beanielou

How very sad about your aunt on so many levels.
So sorry.

Karmacat

Thanks beanie.  You're right, there's a lot of levels to this one.

Alchemilla

Sorry KC. That is all of us as a society letting her down (as well as potentially some organisations/individuals closer to her).

apple_muncher

That is very upsetting on many fronts. Hugs.

Cheery_Daff

Oh gosh KC, I am so sorry about your aunt. What an awful situation all round. I hope you're doing ok xx

themadvix

Oh Karma, that sounds awful, so sorry to hear that. 

Karmacat

Thank you all.  I'm ok, a little bit haunted, going to ring my brother to tell him in a few minutes, sister is ringing the Norfolk rellies, then she and I will talk again, then sympathy cards.  It's the end of an era.  

RT - my response to you about the annual travel insurance was very abrupt, sorry about that, I meant that I have no realistic plans to go abroad, so an annual insurance scheme wouldn't really suit me.  But I don't have close rellies abroad, just distant ones. YMMV and I think it does!