I drove down South for the weekend to visit Fliss and her coterie of new LARPers she's bringing to Maelstrom this year for her first colony. I was there as the "old lag" larper to offer advice, show kit and generally drink beer. However I crashed quite early on Saturday …

I did a quick lunchtime stint at the gym yesterday as I was out in the evening. I made a quick enquiry about the FitLinxx system and ended up with an instructor who specialises in helping runners. It turns out that just doing a lot running on the treadmill won't …

Fliss came visiting to Manchester to the weekend. We had our valentines meal at the Gaucho Grill in a repeat of an earlier date. However this time we came home considerably less stuffed having skipped starters and any extra side dishes. The steak was as ever fantastic.

Saturday was filled …

Fliss is visiting this weekend for a semi-valentines type affair. However I will be having an open house tomorrow afternoon for the rugby. If you want to pop round you need only bring a few beers to aid the viewing on my large 42 inch TV :-)

I achieved two separate and distinct pieces of exercise yesterday. I both played and hour of Badminton with Lucy and then went to the gym in the evening. I was most pleased that maintained a good 15 minute run on the treadmill without falling over in a puffing ball of …