Rugby's back tonight - just after we extended our unbeaten run to a year - well in excess of the previous record.
So this morning, it was a temperature check, lateral flow Covid test and a wellness form to be completed and sent off to the club. Later, I turn up to the ground within my appointed time slot, leaving a space between my car and the next, wear a Red Zone pass at all times, temperature check before entering the stadium, no contact between us and the other lot, team sheets to be handed to the referee who will then give us a copy of their team, no scrums, teams to run out separately, no bars or post match meals ...... and the players then abandon all pretence of socially distancing during the game.
But - hey - it's Game Day ! Albeit with a lot of the fun stripped out of it.
Free to view from 7.30 - if you're interested......
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Lordy, you have to go through all that testing just to watch?
Please tell me you're the referee!
Yes, there is an anomaly there. I saw someone complaining about the Scotland and Ireland players shaking hands after the match on Sunday. The same players that had just spent (not counting replacements) 80+ minutes huddling in scrums, rucks and mauls and grabbing each other around the waist, legs and shoulders.
I found it bizarre that the teams all socially distance for anthems pre match in a contact sport, but hey ho
Just waiting for the kids football to be back on 3rd April is first game, presumably with all covid restrictions, hard to see why we couldnt be playing now given kids are spending all day inside a classroom with 30 other people!.
But I know how much they are looking forward to it given the numbers that have confirmed they are available two weeks before the game.
Good luck with the Egg chasing tonight.
Meanwhile all but top level motor cycle racing is still banned despite riders wearing helmets which are pretty efficient face masks and being socially distanced unless they crash. Who makes up these rules?
I forgot my mask so went into the supermarket with my crash helmet on, the poor guy on the door didn't know what to do :)
I had a very similar problem at the dentist last week. Was about to keep my helmet on but found an old neckwarmer in my top box which found a second life as a mask.
Did amuse me that the dentist wouldn't let anybody in without a mask when he was about to spend several minutes delving into my mouth.
I now have a picture in my head of you sitting there in your helmet and the dentist using a tin opener to get at your teeth.