Possibly this is too much effort

[nineveh_uk]

I am supposed to be spending this weekend at antisoppist's. On account of being utterly exhausted and unable to face the train (plus a bit of coronavirus paranoia, nothing must keep me from skiing in a fortnight!), I am not. I am therefore trying to watch the crosscountry ski racing.

Eurosport only has 'ambient sound' streaming, with commentary on highlights this evening. NRK has worked out how to stop VPNs. I have even checked German Eurosport via VPN - also no commentary.

I am therefore watching the men's 50km cross-country race from Oslo in the manner in which some people watched Channel 4 - or now Sky - cricket, with the pictures on a muted TV and Test Match Special on the radio. Eurosport images, NRK sport radio on the computer. Oh yes, it is foggy there and the public has not been permitted in the stadium. Of course, I can actually understand only very little of the commentary, but at least it conveys the excitement. And I have got an app that gives standings at the time checkpoints. It sort of works, and accompanies the ironing.

It is lovely and sunny, so normally a walk would be a better alternative, but alas not today because I am attempting to rest as much as humanly possibly to try to get over this bug that has been a nuisance since January. Moral of the story, however inconvenient take the time off work the first time you are poorly.

ETA Too much effort. I'll watch the highlights and hopefully if it's a good race someone will put it on YouTube. Yesterday's women's race was brilliant.

Comments

[azdak]

I'll keep my fingers crossed for your skiing trip! We're supposed to be going to Bosnia in April and I am reluctantly facing up to the idea that we probably won't be able to go - mainly because if we did come down badly with coronavirus, I'd rather be treated in an Austrian hospital. But if I had a choice between being hospitalised in Britain or Norway, I'd definitely plump for the Norwegian hospital ;-)

[nineveh_uk]

Thank you! I am following the Norwegian press, but find it difficult to gauge nuance because of my language level (lack thereof). There are no cases where I am going at present. I am planning to take my laptop in case I get quarantined, so that at least I'm not stuck in Norwegian quarantine and not getting paid, but I rather feel that if I have to get coronavirus I too would have no objections at all to being stuck in a Norwegian hospital. I'm sorry about your Bosnia trip, though.