Apparently the NHS website crashed on Tuesday as people of around the same age as me logged on to book their vaccines.
I typed in my NHS number, hit the choose location button and waited for the lottery to begin.
First up on Tuesday morning I was offered a jab in Harleston, that s 16 miles away.
I came back 10 minutes later and was offered Downham Market Town Hall - 39.5 miles away.
Suddenly a 30-odd mile round trip didn t seem so bad.
The next best option was Newmarket. I also had Colchester and Ingoldmells, which is near Butlins just outside Skegness, 101 miles from my house.
Full list of 50 Covid mass vaccination centres in England as more open from today
A further 33 mass vaccination sites are set to open across the country this week, the NHS has said
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