The earthquake two weeks ago has left a trail of aftershocks in its wake. There was one last week, but at night and we slept through it. Today there were two more - a 3.0 magnitude tremor this morning, which shook the house but not as violently as the first, then a 2.1 magnitude this afternoon, which was more of a slight wobble. That makes quakes / tremors of 3.5, 2.1, 3.0 and 2.1 over the course of two weeks, in an area which is most definitely not prone to them. All four had epicentres within a mile or two of our house. Various suggestions of man-made triggers are being made on social media, but as there isn't any fracking, drilling or history of mining here it seems far more likely that they are just the result of geological blip causing something to shift in the earth's crust slightly south and east of the UK's usual earthquake zone, which runs from the south-west up through the west midlands and north of England to Scotland. When I say "earthquake zone", it is only prone to what elsewhere would be considered negligible tremors - they are still rather startling to us, though. "Oh, it's just another earthquake" is not a phrase I expected to hear myself saying in the Home Counties of England!
TG has been off school again with her cold, but seems better this evening. I had a virtual archives meeting this morning, and between that and trying to finish a question writing job it has been a full day of work. H is two days into her accountancy course and trying to clamber up a very steep learning curve full of concepts that are completely new to her - not easy! A few new minor anti-Covid measures have been introduced, but the government has clearly decided to try to tough it out and hope that enough people take the risk seriously and change their behaviour accordingly to stop the number of positive tests increasing exponentially. Between work, Covid, and a mild version of TG's cold, I'm feeling a bit demoralised. On the positive side, a new series of Great British Bake Off started tonight, which is always cheering. In honour of the Bake Off I'm posting a picture of a cake H baked for her BF's neighbour's birthday in the summer.
4 comments:
Gosh, what a glorious cake, H is very talented. We recorded Bake Off last night, sthat we can skip the adverts. I’m looking forward to it tonight having read this , as I’d already forgotten all about it!
Whilst I’m here(!) please can I ask for prayer. I was in hospital last week for pancreatitis, and am now awaiting a date for a fast tracked gallbladder removal. It should be keyhole and a straightforward day case, but I’m naturally apprehensive, and with the added pressure of Covid(my husband is a physics teacher) I would really appreciate prayers to just help me trust Gods plan! Thanks PennyL in Dorset
That cake is **amazing** Top marks for sure!
SO sorry to hear of the ongoing earthquakes! I was going to ask about fracking, but no? Yet 'one more thing', then ... what an era we are living in ...!!
Wishing you peace and healing, praying your cold does not settle too badly in your chest.
xox
Penelope in the middlewestern US :-)
Penelope P - of course! I hope you get a date quickly and that it all goes smoothly.
Penelope, the earthquake thing is so strange that it is natural to guess it is manmade, but it just wouldn't make any sense. The cold is behaving itself so far, thankfully.
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