3 April (Part 3) - A Councillor you can count on
Somewhat reluctantly I went to Abbey Wood’s Sainsbury’s with
the old lady’s shopping list
and got nearly all of it and a few extras too. Sainsbury’s had
things pretty well organised but it took a lot longer to get in than last time. As far as
I could see I was ninth in the car park queue, that is nine groupings rather
than nine individuals but it still took 27 minutes to get in. The CV bug was
being combatted by the young lady chain smoking in front of me,
ironically she will get a ventilator if the need arises whereas I will not.
The queue was much longer by the time I emerged heavily loaded.
£43 later (a few bits were for me) I was on my way to Blackfen, the only
excitement being provided by an off route 301 bus descending Knee Hill.
The vegetables, milk, eggs etc. together with - should I admit to this? - a
bottle of plonk were safely delivered but the chocolate digestives were
rejected. As a coeliac they are no good to me, any offers?
The lady was very pleased to see me once she belatedly recognised my masked face
and insisted on swapping what I had taken with two frozen steaks which had
apparently come from Bournemouth.
I am very grateful to
Councillor Sue Gower
(Conservative, Bexleyheath) who offered to do the shopping run
for me but now that the immediate problem has abated will endeavour to ensure that a lady
with multiple health issues is on Bexley Council’s vulnerable persons list. We
must all pull together. Most people are.