So much for a slobbing out and relaxing day: That was the plan anyway. It all got thrown out of the window when I got called into work after my gym session because Krystle was ill. Despite dragging herself in and thinking that she’ll feel better, she had to go home. I had to cover On Demand and script the Travel during Drivetime. This meant I was ( Read more... )

10 Things I Didn't Know This Time Last Week

1. Animal rights extremism isn't just a recent issue: the first riot took place in 1906 when medical students attempted to destroy a statue erected by anti-vivisectionists in honour of "Little Brown Dog", an animal who had been used in research.

2. Word of the week: grockle - a British tourist.

3. ( Read more... )

After my week away, I've had to get back into The Bill and I’ve been watching the episodes this week to see if anything dramatic has happened. Apparently I missed a bomb. No, it was a real one rather than a bomb shell that Sun Hill has seen far too many of recently ( Read more... )

Good News: Michelle is coming to Edinburgh on Sunday ( Read more... )

I’ve just got back from Borgue. It was a wonderful week. I had a really great time and the week flew by. I can’t believe how fast it went ( Read more... )

10 Things I Didn't Know This Time Last Week

1 . Saddam Hussein's son Uday kept nine lions as the centrepiece of a bizarre menagerie of exotic animals. This week the lions were moved to Baghadad zoo.

2. Britons throw away enough rubbish every hour to fill the Royal Albert Hall.

3. The 1854 Charge of the Light Brigade, immortalised in a poem by ( Read more... )

Well, it’s silly o’clock in the morning and I’m off to the country! I’m heading to Borgue in Dumfries and Galloway (via Lockerbie which is where the train deposits me) to spend a week with Michelle.

It looks like a nice day and I’m sure I’ll have a great week.

There’ll be an update on my return.

I can’t wait until tomorrow! I can’t wait to be in the country. I can’t wait to have a break. I can’t wait to see Borgue and of course, most importantly I can’t wait to see Michelle again! It’s going to be a good week. I am a little apprehensive for meeting the parents, but Michelle says that they are just as nervous about meeting me. It’s Michelle ( Read more... )

Today followed a very similar pattern to yesterday. In the morning I went to the gym. Yesterday, I went to my Body Pump class while today I concentrated on a Cardio work out covering over 10km on the Treadmill. I hope I’m looking good. I should be with all this effort I’m putting in ( Read more... )

10 Things I Didn't Know This Time Last Week

1. Even at 10 weeks old, a foetus may already be left or right-handed, a new study has claimed.

2. You don't have to live in a city to be an urban dweller. According to the last census, anywhere with 1,500 residents or more, and bigger than 20 hectares, is an urban settlement.

3. The atomic bomb ( Read more... )