Posts from February 2022

Hello Ilam! Over here in Ilam Road this week it’s been very clear that UC is now fully back!! Lots of students, lots of noise (including the “chink” of bottles) and increasing amounts of litter . Along with students has come, we hear, an increasing incidence of COVID in the communities that make up UC. Omicron has landed! More than ever we need to keep ourselves safe and be very mindful of any symptoms we are feeling – and make sure…

Kia ora e te whānau Carol and I headed down to Queenstown for a few days last week – we hadn’t been out of town over the summer, so wanted to “hit the road” and get some fresh air, and we reckoned that we had a small window of opportunity before the pandemic spread in that direction. That proved to be the case – Queenstown was still “open” for visitors (less so this week, we understand). We also arrived at…

As you may know, Carol and I ended up having COVID tests last Sunday morning – which, fortunately, were found to be negative! However, it was good learning for us in terms of preparing services – having the Service Sheet sorted ahead of time made it relatively easy for Helen to slot in and lead the whole service. As a test of our systems, it was effective!! So, what about this Sunday? With the likelihood of people being away, we…