The thing that has been getting most of us through 2020 has been looking forward to 2021, when hopefully, we can put all of this COVID-19 nonsense behind us. It?s true that one day we might be able to look back and laugh at last year, and all of its ridiculous ?social distancing? rules that change day to day, but unfortunately, that doesn?t look like it?s going to be any time soon.

Because as I sit here, having just heard that the 2021 North West 200 is officially cancelled, I?m finding the will to do anything but sit and sulk completely absent. I?m certainly not looking forward to 2021 with anything like the same gusto as I was last week. Instead, as I stare vacantly into my empty coffee mug unable to summon the enthusiasm to put the kettle on, all I seem to be able to do is dwell on the things I missed most during the year of our Lord 2020.
The ?C? word, or the virus which must not be named, has stripped us of way too many things we hold dear, including our civil liberties. Gone are the days of popping to the pub for a pint after work, and not only because the pubs are closed, but because there?s a million poor fuckers out there that have lost their job.

And woe betide anyone who goes to the supermarket without a facemask, spreading their germs to all and sundry. Every Tesco?s got a spotty little 17 year old giving it the full nightclub bouncer routine. ?If you ain?t got a mask, you ain?t coming in. Simple.?

But mandatory facemasks and pubs only servin...