Hello everyone and at last - January has ended! This update is a little later, as I am catching up from being away at the Stoneleigh show this past weekend.  

Health updates first and there are a few. The most notable update was the bone scan, which was done on Tuesday. The CT scan is booked for this coming week, so all go on the scan front. The results of them will be given to me on the 6th of March. We are back to the dilemma of, ‘need to know / don’t want to know’, but the reality is, we absolutely need to know what is going on and how that will dictate my remaining time. Until then, we continue to wade through limbo-land, but plenty to keep me busy at the moment.  

I managed 2 walks in the past week, with times of 13:22, then 13:17 - which was nice. I would have conducted a third, but was away at the show from Friday to Sunday, so not possible.  

On the book front, Chapter 4 corrections are done and I also continued some more ground work on the ‘117’ book project. Proof reading on the photo captions has been undertaken and any small corrections from those will be worked on this week, as will Chapter 5 - which arrived with me over the weekend.  

Time with Alanna on Wednesday, then a varied morning with Karl on Thursday, which were both enjoyable and good for the soul. 3 days away from Sandra was not!

From early Friday morning to late Sunday night, I was at the Stoneleigh show. This is one of the 2 larger shows both Colin and I attend and it is a nice start to each year / season. Fair to say that the impact of the slowed down UK economy was very evident! A show with many lookers, not so many buyers and a large difference in the previous year. That to one side, we had an excellent catch up with various friends and customers olf and new, at the show, but even better, in the evenings at the hotel. 2 brilliant nights with good friends, sharing like minded conversations and lots of craic! This week’s photo show Colin and I on his stand.  

Your time and interest is welcomed. Best regards Peter