nice to be back as a team and nice to see our regulars once again. we are down financially, we are down, but we are surviving and we hope to survive. three, two, one. cheering byjuly at nearly all remaining restrictions three, two, one. byjuly at nearly all remaining restrictions were lifted in england. but they came with a warning from the prime minister that life would not instantly revert to normal. but that initial excitement gave way to a realisation that the pandemic was far from over. tighter restrictions remained in wales, scotland and northern ireland, and in december england reintroduced some rules, moving into its so—called plan b, and as 0micron cases began to rise so did cancellations. many hospitality firms reported