Day 1592 (07/05/2014)

My Dad's birthday and the first day of the conference in London.

The conference was good and there were a few interesting people that I wanted to meet but there were a few people there who also hated me, as they were involved in my fight against the police who breached my copyright. I think it was clear that they do not share my sense of fun.

In the evening I had a curry at the hotel, which was very nice.

Day 1591 (06/05/2014)

Busy morning with the dentist, going to town and Ann the cleaner coming round.

Then I'm off to London in the afternoon for  couple of days for a conference and Thomas is off to Malta for a couple of weeks to photograph some football. It maybe that he won out of the two of us.

Train to London.

Then tourist stuff in London.

 

Well actually I was finding the venue for the conference I'm attending, which is right opposite Downing Street, so for a change I don't want any terrorists to attack it.

Day 1590 (05/05/2014)

It's Bank Holiday and we have opted for a lazy day and a BBQ.

Although we have a big & quite nice gas BBQ we also have about a dozen of those disposable BBQ packs in the shed, so the idea is that we use these on a weekly basis, to use them up.

Anyway we had a lovely BBQ,

then it rained, so we had to go inside.

Damn you Bank Holiday weather.

Day 1588 & 1589 (03 & 04/05/2014)

Being a white middle-aged, middle class man I obviously spent sometime this bank holiday weekend doing the garden and eventually got around to planting the flowers and putting the grass seed on the lawn.

I also put out the other solar lights that we had.

Gnomes & Multi-Coloured Solar Lights, my parents will hate it.

Then off to see Frank Skinner in Bristol, with my wife & Sam.

The show started with a 20+minute support act which was quite funny, then an interval then Frank Skinner was on for just over 2hrs of very funny material. It was a great show but my bum was numb come the end, it really could have done with a break.

Thomas was at the football and managed to get a photo on-line & in the papers,

whilst he appeared on the telly and on Twitter.

Sunday and time for dinner at the Worlds End, which was as lovely as ever but rather disappointingly they had taken my new favourite afters off of the menu.

Then off to see Suggs in Yeovil.

It was a great show, with Suggs talking about his life, with a few songs.

It was rather touching that the chair that he sat on for part of it was the exact same chair that Kim had bought and we kept from her house. Kim loved Madness and she would have loved the fact that Suggs & her had used the same chair.

Still miss her loads.

Day 1587 (02/05/2014)

Ditto as yesterday, doing stuff in the office, then moving things around in the storage unit, then a swim but no kipper afterwards.

On the drive back after my swim I was taken by the very tatty nature of the grass verges, which thanks to all of the cut backs only get cut once or twice during the summer.

It might be good for butterflies & insects but it looks untidy & third world and I hate it but obviously not so much that I am going to cut all the verges on my route.

My wife got a "200% Happy To Help Badge" as she is so good at her job.

Luckily they didn't take any points off for timing.

Day 1586 (01/05/2014)

It's May already, so time for a new photo of Kylie on the calender.

I'm not sure that is Kylie but it will do.

The days of this weeks have been very similar, doing stuff in the office, then moving some stuff in the storage units.

Then off to the gym for a swim then back for lunch of kippers & watercress. Yum yum yum.

Day 1585 (30/04/2014)

A bit of deja-vu as I did some work in my office, then sorted some stuff out in the lock-ups and then went for a swim.

On the way back I had an urge for some kippers, so I bought some then had a lovely lunch of hot buttered kippers and watercress.

Kippers are great value as they stay with you for a whole day after eating them. When will I learn.

I may give up bread & potatoes for a few months, unless I'm out and forced to eat these things.

Day 1584 (29/04/2014)

Up early and off by train to London talk at a Terorism / Forensics Conference at Olympia.

The guy talking before me was really interesting. He had spent six years as an undercover officer pretending to be a 12yr old girl on-line to trap paedophiles.  

My talk seemed to go down OK but it was all off the cuff as I wasn't getting paid so hadn't given it much thought.

The exhibition was quite interesting with lots of boys toys.

I visited most of the displays to see what freebies I could collect and did OK. I refuse to collect pens or pads any-more as I have enough to last a family of 10 for a lifetime.

Due to the tube strike I took a taxi and went into Paddington via a different entrance, which was most unexpected. 

Then I caught an early train home.

Day 1583 (28/04/2014)

Doing stuff in the office and putting stuff from one storage unit into the other.

Hopefully another 3 or 4 trips should see the old more expensive (& slightly damp) unit emptied, then we can start going through things. Plus we can start going things through our house as well.

Then I went to the gym but I only went for a swim as I'm still feeling a bit run down.

Then home for work.

I'm in London tomorrow talking at a conference, so my day will be busy, as there is a strike on the underground and I have to be at places by certain times. Hopefully the journey to & from will not be a nightmare and the day will be profitable with me getting a few people to sign up for courses.

Day 1581 & 1582 (26 & 27/04/2014)

I had aimed to spend the day in the garden but it rained on and off for most of the day, so I just had time to cut the grass and tidy up a bit before the rain came down again and didn't stop.

I didn't have time to plant my flowers or seed the grass but did have time to set up the swinging gnome.

Who said cheap & tacky, oh it was me but don't tell my wife, she loves them.

Managed to clear my desk of most of the accumulated paperwork from the last few years and as a result also have three bags of shredded paper for recycling.

My office is feeling much more roomier now already and I've not really started yet.

Lovely Sunday dinner.

My wife's new gnome, which has a solar panel & binoculars has now started lighting up of a night.

Honestly I never said cheap or tacky but my idea of a minimalist garden never did quite work out but my wife is happy.



 

Day 1580 (25/04/2014)

Put some shelves in the storage unit ready for filling next week when hopefully I will be back at full strength.

Then I can cancel the old storage unit and start clearing out the rubbish I our house and start selling a few things on eBay.

Booked a nice night away for me and my wife for our 27th Wedding Anniversary next month at The Casamia in Bristol.

Day 1579 (24/04/2014)

Just about recovered from my impression of a removal man earlier in the week and must go there again tomorrow to put a few more things away as I must clear out the old storage unit soonish.

I went for another blood test today just to make sure everything is OK.

The nurse was brilliant and I hardly felt a thing, truly the best blood test I have ever had and I have (unfortunately) had quite a few over the years.

Kelly went back home today, it was great to see her, even for the few hours.

Day 1578 (23/04/2014)

After yesterdays removal activities I have felt total exhausted so having another day off from the gym.

As part of the general tidy-up and getting rid of things we don't need, the Satellite Broadband was taken away today.

So now our house doesn't look so Chavvy now.

Either that our all the neighbours just thought one of us was into hard-core European porn or sport.

Nice to have Kelly home for the evening as she is going out with a friend to see a show in Bristol.

Day 1577 (22/04/2014)

Woke up and it was a bit wet out, so the holiday feeling was over.

A bit of a busy day moving things from my office and the old storage unit into the new one, which is cheaper but more importantly dryer.

This was just the stuff from my office, which was small enough anyway, so now I can at least swivel on my chair. I shall do the next rest of the stuff over the next few weeks.

I was going to go to the gym but moving all of this stuff meant I was exhausted for the rest of the day.