Drips

 Again, there had been overnight rain but again, it had cleared by the time the Gorse Fox went down for breakfast. It was the usual Wednesday morning rush with the Silver Vixen getting ready to go to Pilates, Urban-Cub getting ready to take Ellie to the child-minder, and the Gorse Fox getting ready for football.

Urban-Cub left first with Ellie, then the Silver Vixen left. The Gorse Fox was in no hurry. The Wednesday game has now been put back until 11:30. He set off in plenty of time (though you would expect nothing else) and arrived in time to prepare in the car. Last week we got a stroppy email from the leisure centre reminding us about social distancing and asking that we wear a mask while transiting through the building. Yesterday, the Gorse Fox put his mask on and a staff member asked him why. He explained about the email. She said not to bother as we (the staff) don't wear masks. The Gorse Fox wore his mask anyway.

The football was tight with a 5-5 final score. It shouldn't really have been so close as our "yellow" team were playing some much better football. Our goalkeeper, however, was having a bit of a nightmare and managed to steer at least two (if not three) of the attacks into our own goal.

We had been under threat of rain and the Gorse Fox was expecting to get absolutely soaked. As it happens the rain held off. In fact, the Gorse Fox saw no rain until early afternoon but then it seems to have set in for the rest of the day.

This afternoon has been spent talking with Urban-Cub. Gatwick have now started to declare who is needed for each job. It's fairly clear that, at her level, it has been very much a case of "old boys network" (given that people with far poorer appraisals managed to maintain their position whilst she didn't). She was fairly resigned to this happening, and has taken it well. She has immediately applied for another role within the airport and has a call set up with the manager of that department on Friday.

The other background task this afternoon has been looking further into possible cottages for a family break in the Spring. The Gorse Fox's sister made a recommendation which, on investigation, looks very good. The only drawback seems to be lack of WiFi and (for BT Mobile) no phone signal. This, however, could be overcome with a Vodafone WiFi Hotspot (Vodafone seem to have very good area coverage there). Once things settle down for Urban-Cub, we'll discuss it and try to settle on date.