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What test did you get again?
I can only find postal tests at £45 and up, not £35.
Happy to wait a few days, they do BUPA here but it's more expensive and also I have to leave the house, bah :)
JWestland-
What test did you get again?
I can only find postal tests at £45 and up, not £35.
It wasn't a test, it was a joke.
I can give you a 96% accurate test by taking £35 off you and telling you the result "Negative".
It was more a point that some of the online/postal tests are a scam. (Obviously not like the BUPA one listed above).
Greenbank
The three most likely explanations are that:
a) you were no longer infectious by the time of the first PCR test on the 17th Jan and so it came back negative (same for the 26th test)
b) you were still infectious at the time of the 17th PCR test but it was a false negative, and then no longer infectious for the 26th PCR test
c) the January bug wasn't Covid-19 but just a cold/flu type thing and you'd had asymptomatic Coronovirus at another time - hence the antibodies and no other time feeling unwell
[EDIT] Just remember that immunity isn't binary. Just because you have some antibodies it doesn't mean your body will be able to completely combat any subsequent reinfection. This is why the vaccination programme is so important as it give you even better protection against the virus.