Anorexia

I went for a swim this afternoon, it was an effort, I was feeling so sluggish and needed to get myself out of it. What with my dodgy knee and my broken toe, I couldn't sit down and get in the water from the side, I had to use the steps and walk down them

Broken toe

I've broken my toe, the little one on my right foot. The phone was ringing, and I walked through to answer it, bare foot as I often do and smashed my foot on my son's amp. As soon as I did it I knew it was broken, I've been here once before about 10 years

Beccles

After my day of rest yesterday ........ which was very much needed, I've had a day out at Beccles today. I haven't been there for years. I had lunch in a lovely eat-in fish and chip shop, but I had lasagna with my chips. ;o)  It was very tasty and

Speedway World Cup

The names of the riders for team Great Britain in the Speedway World Cup have been announced. Chris Harris, Edward Kennett, Tai Woffinden, Danny King, Lewis Bridger.

British SGP 2009 - Cardiff

I've had a lovely time at Cardiff for the SGP. When I arrived on Thursday it was a lovely sunny day, although on the Friday it rained for much of the day, race day on Saturday turned out to be a nice day. I'm so glad it didn't rain as it has done for

Cardiff

I leave for my Cardiff trip in the morning, I'm still unsure exactly what to pack as the weather forecast appears to be quite a bit different to what is expected here. Hopefully it will be better this year, it poured with rain constantly for the last

The Wild Man

The lads gig at The Wild Man went very well. No friends or parents had been invited, they wanted to play for strangers to see how their music went down with the general public. Everyone enjoyed the music. The lads have been invited to play at the Art

Another one

My son has another gig tonight, it didn't crop up till the last moment. It's at The Wild Man, a little further along the same road as The Crypt where he and the band played on Tuesday night, word travels fast. I did mention that I might like to go, but

The Crypt

I had a good night out last night. My eldest son and his friends in the band were playing as one of the support bands at Bedfords Crypt. Everything went well, and they had a large following. Excellent.The other musicians were very good as well, each with

Birthday

I had a lovely birthday. My friend Denise and I went to The Bell and she treated me to lunch, and a couple of house doubles of course. The meal was lovely. In general I don't like going to pubs, but I really enjoy going to The Bell.Saturday evening I

Social life

No work for me this weekend, and I have a social life going on from Saturday, all the way through till Tuesday. What could be better than that. ;o)On Saturday I am going out for a drink with my friend Denise for my birthday, ( I'm back in time for the

A calm weekend

It's a calm weekend even though I did have to work yesterday. I did not have to be in till 7-30am, but I'm not one to get up, get dressed and just go to work. The first thing I do is make a cup of tea and drink it while my bath is running. I take a long

It's all been happening

You might normally associate rumours of match fixing in football games, occasionally it crops up in a few other sports, but now speedway has come under investigation. This weeks Speedway Star is full of it. It doesn't show the sport in a good light at

Happy

I'm happy now. The fraudulent amount has been taken has been taken off my credit card statement. It disappeared from the online statement on Saturday, although it was still on the last bill I paid. I just paid the amount that was mine. It was sorted out

My Saturday

I had a lovely quiet Saturday all to myself. I spent the morning at home catching up with a few things, mainly housework. After having a bit of lunch I went into the city to do some underwear shopping. I'm very short of smalls at the moment, time for