I decided to treat myself to a new camera to help with my photography project – so watch this space.
1 x CANON – EOS 250D DSLR Camera with EF-S 18-55 mm f/3.5-5.6 III Lens
Author: Michael James
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Week 44 – December 28th 2020 – Week 2 of Tier 4 restrictions
So we reach the last day of the year, and what a very unusual year it has been!!
Didn’t see that I would be retired and making an office for Claire to work from home from?
Plus all the other DIY stuff that I did inside and outside the house.
The walking and photographing too.
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Week 44 – December 28th 2020 – Week 2 of Tier 4 restrictions
Finally Brexit is all done!! The time it took, was just crazy.
MPs have overwhelmingly approved the UK’s post-Brexit trade deal with the EU in a parliamentary vote.
A bill bringing the deal into UK law was backed by the Commons by 521 to 73 votes after Parliament was recalled.
The majority of Labour MPs voted for the agreement after leader Sir Keir Starmer said a “thin deal was better than no deal”.
The UK will sever its ties with the EU at 23.00 GMT on Thursday, four and a half years after the Brexit referendum.
The House of Lords also passed the bill, which will now receive Royal Assent.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson thanked MPs and peers for passing the bill, adding: “The destiny of this great country now resides firmly in our hands.”
The agreement hammered out with Brussels over nine months sets out a new business and security relationship between the UK and its biggest trading partner.
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Week 44 – December 28th 2020 – Week 2 of Tier 4 restrictions
Feedback from the year and how my portfolio was doing.
Thank you for your email and I agree that 2020 was a difficult year on so many fronts. 2021 offers the potential for further equity price growth but this could simply be because there is no alternative (TINA). With the unpresented levels of stimulus that have been put in place to keep economies going through the pandemic we must now be watchful on how governments and central banks row back from these emergency measures and hope that they have learnt from the taper tantrum of 2013.
According to the valuation I can see this morning the Brewin Dolphin portfolio is now xxxx a gain of nearly 10% since inception in July.
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Week 44 – December 28th 2020 – Week 2 of Tier 4 restrictions
India captain Virat Kohli and Australia all-rounder Ellyse Perry have been named as players of the decade by the International Cricket Council.
Kohli has scored 20,396 runs in all international cricket in the 10 years covered by the awards.
Perry made 4,349 runs across all formats and took 213 wickets – the most of any player.
She was also named as the women’s ODI and T20 cricketer of the decade, having been part of five World Cup wins.
Australia won the 50-over World Cup in 2013 and the T20 World Cup in 2012, 2014, 2018 and 2020.
Kohli was also named as men’s ODI player of the decade.
Australia’s Steve Smith won Test player of the decade and Rashid Khan of Afghanistan won the T20 player award.
The awards were decided by a panel of former players and experts, as well as a public vote.
Full list of award winners
Sir Garfield Sobers Award for Male Cricketer of the Decade: Virat Kohli (India)
Rachael Heyhoe Flint Award for Female Cricketer of the Decade: Ellyse Perry (Australia)
Men’s Test Cricketer of the Decade: Steve Smith (Australia)
Men’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade: Virat Kohli (India)
Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Decade: Ellyse Perry (Australia)
Men’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade: Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)
Women’s T20I Cricketer of the Decade: Ellyse Perry (Australia)
Men’s Associate Cricketer of the Decade: Kyle Coetzer (Scotland)
Women’s Associate Cricketer of the Decade: Kathryn Bryce (Scotland)
ICC Spirit of Cricket Award of the Decade: MS Dhoni (India) for recalling Ian Bell after a controversial run out at Trent Bridge in 2011
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Week 44 – December 28th 2020 – Week 2 of Tier 4 restrictions
The Shard from Battersea Park 
Claire by the Thames 
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Week 44 – December 28th 2020 – Week 2 of Tier 4 restrictions
For somewhere different, we decided to go to Battersea Park today, here some pictures from the trip.
I believe a pelican? 
Battersea Power Station chimneys Battersea Power Station is a now decommissioned coal-fired power plant in London. The first part of the power plant was completed in 1935 and it was in operation until 1983.
Albert Bridge from Battersea Park Albert Bridge was built in 1873.
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Week 43 – December 21st 2020 – Week 1 of Tier 4 restrictions
It was a bit chilly today, so made the living room looked homely with the fire on. Keep the dog warm too.
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Week 43 – December 21st 2020 – Week 1 of Tier 4 restrictions
Sun Dec 27th 2020 PREMIER LEAGUE
Leeds United 1 Burnley 0 FT – 1-0 HT
Bamford (5’minutes pen)
Patrick Bamford converted an early penalty, after being brought down by Clarets keeper Nick Pope, to earn Leeds their third home win of the season.
Patrick Bamford has scored 10 goals in 15 games for Leeds in the Premier League this season; the third-fewest appearances to reach 10 in the competition for the Whites, after Mark Viduka (nine) and Tony Yeboah (14).
League position 11th
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Week 43 – December 21st 2020 – Week 1 of Tier 4 restrictions
Now down by the Thames. It was very surreal, with no boats on the water because of Covid19.
O2 from the Thames 
Claire with the O2 behind her. 
The Shard from Greenwich. The Shard is the tallest building in England, it is near to London Bridge station.
