Michael writes, “Inevitably life up in the North East has been restricted, except, of course, for the likes of Dominic Cummings who has visited us here in Barnard Castle and Bishop Auckland. For those of us now in our ninth decade, we rely on friends and families for companionship and comfort. Earlier in the year I tried to arrange a lunch for Old Stoics in Hexham – but Boris delayed that. Still, boys and girls of Northumberland and Durham, get in touch, my email is crokmiche@aol.com.”
