The appointments were for 9:23 but we started early because their had been a suggestion of fog for the morning on the local weather forecast. It was misty, but thankfully not the dense, roiling fog which we sometimes get in the Autumn near the rivers. But traffic was heavy nevertheless, so it still took us 30 minutes to cover the 10 miles. We got shoe-horned into a space in the smallish car-park there, which was noticeably busier than before, because this time, they were enforcing the 15 minute wait rule after the jab, so the whole process was taking longer. Even so, we pretty much walked straight in after they'd located our paperwork, so the whole jab process took less than 5 minutes. It was the Pfizer vaccine for the booster; our previous two were AZ.
They don't tell you this in advance, but it may pay you to take along that little blue NHS Covid jab card that you got for the first 2 doses. That's so they can slap a third sticker onto the back of it! Mrs O was asked by the vaccinator if she'd brought her card, she hadn't (we'd just brought our Covid passports), so Mrs O got given a new card ("write your name on it!"). I wasn't asked or offered anything, so when Mrs O told me what she'd had, I went back and moaned for a second card and Pfizer sticker, which I was given without any trouble
.Then we had to sit down for 15 minutes. Mrs O and I had a double seat! The time passed slowly, staring at a long list of adverse reactions printed out and attached to the back of the chair in front. Mrs O remarked "I've got most of those anyway, and that's before the jab
!" I staggered out after the 15 minutes, half-convinced I'd manifested 75% of the symptoms 
, and tottered back to the car!All very well organised and efficient, job done, and back home for a coffee and KitKat. Arm aching a bit now. I wonder if we'll have to do it all again in 6 months time?
Have you had yours yet?
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