The effect on the parish of the second lockdown was much the same as the first, although some of the older villagers undoubtedly stretched their interpretation of bubbles and  similar restrictions. There was no evidence of Covid in the village, although one resident of the village did die , following infection caught at a nursing home. This stretching of the rules was very limited, carefully conducted, and resulted in no negative effects.

The prospect of a mass immunisation programme was imminent, and started with a  nationally highly publicised, first recipient on December 8^th, 2020. The mass immunisation programme started immediately, with 130,000 getting their first dose of the Pfizer /BioNTech vaccine in the first week. In January many of the older and sheltered members of the community received their first jab, travelling to Ilminster, Crewkerne, and other nearby towns to receive it. No explanation was given as to why it could not be obtained in Chard-probably lack of suitable buildings and parking spaces.

The main topic of conversation among socially distanced older folk changed from being the weather to ‘Have you had your first jab yet? What was it like? Did you have any after effects?’

Could a conclusion to the pandemic be in sight? The answer was ‘yes’, but there was still a long way to go. People also remarked about the general high efficiency at which this was all done, from the booking of appointments process through to the cheerful treatment by the nurses and other staff involved in administering the doses. The writer's experience was that the atmosphere in these centres was more like that a holiday camp than a medical establishment. All very jolly!