As I’d been tinkering on the net and vegging the last few days I had suffered a media blackout. This hasn’t been helped by the radio in my car dying (well, MW so I can’t listen to 5Live). Without wanting to sound flippant, I thought a trip over the border to Blackburn for a torrid 2-2 draw was a bad way to spend Boxing Day.
It wasn’t until I got home and turned on the telly, that I found out about what had happened around South Asia. Good grief. I have a very dear friend who comes from Sri Lanka and a large part of his family lives there. I’m also sure some people I know were heading to Thailand around this time of year, but I can’t recall who.
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good to hear…
p&l,
D xx
I’ve heard from my friend. All his family are OK, but one uncle did have a narrow escape. They’re waiting to hear about some of the other people they know, but are hopeful for most of them.
my chums Lucy & Mike are over in Thailand but have heard via text they’re ok – v.v. relieved – selfish I know with so many others hurt & killed & having lost everything but sad on their behalf that the holiday they’ve worked so hard all year to afford has been curtailed in such a way