There now follows a potted summary of the weekend. We drank beer, a lot of it. I didn't suffer a hangover on Saturday or Sunday morning. The reason for this is now becoming self evident. The cunning plan of flying into Manchester and then working the afternoon is starting to …

For a lark I've disabled the Virus checker on my machine to see if the login problems we have been seeing where triggered by the overnight scan. Not that I'm prejudiced against this software mind, not at all, honest guvnor.

My Christmas present to myself is now ordered and on …