After reading your Stinchcombe News this morning I have a
thought for you.

Did you watch the program on Sunday Channel 5 – How to deep
clean your home.  To be repeated Thursday at 10 p.m.?  It was so
helpful to find out about the germs in one’s home and how to avoid problems.

It was really illuminating and you will never look at your tv controller in the same light again.

Also available here https://www.channel5.com/show/how-to-deep-clean-your-house/

Just a thought, but since we are nearly all land-locked and we have such a wealth of artistic talent in the village might there be potential for people to share images of things they have made, taken photos of, planted, drawn, painted, created during confinement? This might help solve your problem of getting pictures for the front page…

I have been reading and trying to understand an article about how long the virus remains active on various surfaces..

The first thing I gathered is that the name of the Virus itself has a very short half-life..First it was just plain Coronavirus, then it was, HCoV-19 , but now it is SARS-CoV-2 ..

Back to the paper on https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMc2004973

Coronavirus, if I read it right, has a half life on Cardboard of around 4 hours, and Plastic of around 7 hours.

Therefore, I would be careful about removing shoes and touching the soles, and handling paper and post…

https://www.futurelearn.com/

From Kath,

It’s easy to keep occupied while the weather is so lovely, but when it isn’t I  recommend the free online courses offered through Future Learn https://www.futurelearn.com/  . 

They are typically a few hours a week for 4-6 weeks and there is a wide range of subjects. 

I’ve studied archaeology, Dutch, Richard III and nutrition for older people to name but a few.  People from all over the world do the courses, which makes for fascinating discussion forums.

Dmytro Spilka, from London, developed the Coronavirus Poop Calculator – or the Poop Tool for short – when he saw people clearing supermarket shelves of loo roll. Often, this had led to empty shelves for those who really need it.

“The main purpose of the tool is to help people realise that they don’t actually need that much toilet paper to survive the quarantine, thereby allowing others – more vulnerable people – to shop normally,” he told the BBC.

Personally, I think this man has far too much time on his hands!

If you are having to stay in due to the Covid-19 then please call one of your high street shops for a home delivery. They have worked together to cover the whole local area, each trader has taken an area to deliver to so that they aren’t all driving all over the place.

Phone the shop that has what you want and either pay by card over the phone or place money (pre-washed in hot soapy water) or a cheque in a sealed envelope on the doorstep. Your goods will be swapped for the envelope.

They can look after you and you will be looking after them and helping to ensure that you have small shops in town to come and shop in once this virus has passed.

The local small traders taking part in this initiative are:

IF YOU KNOW OF OTHER SHOPS / PLACES PLEASE LET ME KNOW

GL11 is co-ordinating the official joined up response, in Partnership with Gloucestershire County Council Public Health, Stroud District Council, Dursley Town Council, Cam Parish Council and Others.

They are looking for 300 Volunteers, can you help?

To volunteer, please email your

Name:
Address:

to office@gl11.org.uk