Have Lateral Flow Tests will travel
After a break of two years, I’m taking my three novels, now completed, to the London Book Fair 2022.
They are printed double sided, on lighter paper, which I calculate will save me about a kilo of carrying weight, which is a significant blessing. I’ve been triple vaccinated and will take a clutch of lateral flow tests, masks and sanitiser, which I hope will see me through the two-and-a-half days of my attendance at the Fair without major mishap. Here’s hoping. While Covid will, in all likelihood, become endemic before too long, so far, I have escaped infection and I hope my luck will hold while I am in London.
I did book to go to the London Book Fair in 2019, saying then that it would be my last visit. And, as on so many other occasions, my prediction proved premature: life had other ideas, the 2019 Event being cancelled at the very last minute. This year, hospitality prices have plunged, are all refundable until point of travel and can be paid for as one arrives at the hotel, so there is every reason to travel. And with a kilo less of weight, it looks as though this year is going to be a win-win-win, whatever happens.
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I have other good news to celebrate. As part of events to celebrate International Women’s Day 2022, Engender, Scotland’s Feminist Policy and Advocacy Organisation published this post on their blog, for which I thank them most sincerely. It’s wonderful to work with others who are dedicated to meeting the challenges of equal representation for women in all parts of our lives, public and private. If women were more equally represented, I do believe the world would be a more balanced place to live, and everyone would benefit.
Thanks for reading.
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April 11, 2022 @ 9:18 pm
Fran, I hope you had a wonderful time at the fair and escaped the dreaded lurgy. I was in the UK last weekend too, and thoroughly enjoyed my first travel for three years. So far, I seem to have escaped Covid, but I’ve picked up a cough somewhere. I haven’t had one of those since this all began! And yes, it is just a cough 🙂
April 16, 2022 @ 7:04 am
Val, thank you so much. I am back from London having met lots of wonderful people and with some great ideas! So I’m delighted with how it all went. I was with my elder sister, which made it very much like a holiday: London is always balmier than Edinburgh and a lovely place to be for a change of scene. So much to see! I tested for Covid every day too, and so far I’m clear, but I did have a cold for a few days when I got home. It’s clearing. I’m glad not to have had a cough and I hope your’s clears before too long. ((xx))
I do hope we enjoy more travels this year, and that all goes well. Thanks for reading and commenting. 😀