That’s it from us for a few days.

It’s not that we don’t have loads more material to inflict upon our loyal reader.

We just realise that you’ll not be bothering to log-on over the Yule log.

We’d like to thank our loyal reader for their massive support over the last 12 months, which if anything, was as tough or tougher than 2020.

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