Friday, 13 February 2026

You rang?

 A friend bought me this to aid with my recovery.  I don't dare use is with April.



I had my op

 All went well although whilst in there they spotted that the tendon holding my bicep in place was threadbare so the surgeon repaired that whilst he was in there.  Cutting it then screwing it back to my arm.  Nice.  I've been signed off for 4 weeks!  I'm stiff and sore but no more than expected.  I have a check up with my surgeon a week on Monday and have to organise physio and the removal of some of the stiches. 

Before

After



Puncture

 I had an alert from the car on Saturday after picking Flo up from her sleep over and then dance class.  The rear left tyre had low pressure.  I managed to get it pumped up at the garage but when doing so spotted this.  Bloody hell. They couldn't fix it till Monday so we were car less.  All paid for by the leasing company though so could have been worse.





Clip and climb on Sunday

 Two of Arthur's school friends had a clip and climb birthday party on Sunday.  April was watching the ladies play rugby so I took them along.





Ash

 We saw Ash at the Tunbridge Wells Forum on Friday night. 250 capacity venue.  Last time I saw them was in 1995 at the Reading Rock festival.  Closer to 100k.





Radiohead cover band

 Saturday was hectic, beer festival at the club, before heading to Camden for a Radiohead cover band.  Good fun, made it back by midnight before turning into a pumpkin.






Friday, 6 February 2026

New ball pump for the u6s

 We keep having to pump up the rugby balls we use for the u6s training session.  I have a small pump that the 6s seem to have acquired but it's not big enough or fast enough to pump all 30 of our balls.  I bought this which should make it a lot faster on a Sunday morning.  It would of course be better if the club bought us balls that didn't deflate each week before needing getting repumped.



Look at this little guy

 A baby brass Cthulhu.  Currently situated on a shelf, trying to get access to some Game of Thrones books.




Tuesday, 3 February 2026

Not looking likely

 That we'll be training back at the rugby club any time soon.

Good to see the coaches taking bulldog seriously!