Racing and Training 2023

  Saturday 30 December 2023 Weather Cloudy, some rain in the afternoon.   I weighed in at 11 13 last week so I lost a pound last week which is good.   I had a lazy day. I was very tired after the football. I had six and a half hours sleep but my body battery was down.   I did some communications. I thanked Paul, Zoe and Emmie, I replied to Kay’s Christmas SMS message. I responded to Trudy and Scott. We are now in a WhatsApp group of three for Porto Santo.   My message to Zoe and Paul: A big thank you for yesterday, I had really a wonderful time. I genuinely appreciated Paul picking me up and dropping me off. I’ve been quite tired and stressed recently. I’m not sure that I could have driven anywhere yesterday without adding to the stress levels. When I got home, I went straight to bed, I was asleep before 11pm and slept for six and a half hours. The restaurant was really good, lovely to see Emmie enjoying that social aspect of the trip. The match wa...

Friday 29 December 2023 Weather Cloudy, some rain in the afternoon. I weighed in at 11 13 yesterday so I lost a pound last week which is good. I went to the gym to do Pilates, but it was cancelled without notice. I went to see Cardiff City v Leicester City at the Cardiff City stadium with Paul and Emmie, we had a meal at the Athenian Tree in Cardiff first. Paul gave me a lift to and from the game. He parked in a car park very close to the restaurant. I picked up that the waitress spoke some Greek (Kalispera) when she greeted some regulars at a nearby table. My Greek phrases came flooding back to me (Kalispera, ti Kanis, poly kalá, efaristó etc.) a glass or two of Retsina helped the mood. My Kleftico was really nice, I think all the food was really nice. There was a family from Leicester on the next table. I had a chat to them when Paul went to the loo. The match was good and we had a great view. My message to Zoe and Paul: A big thank you for yesterday, I had really a won...

  Thursday 28 December 2023 Weather Cloudy, some rain in the afternoon.   I weighed in at 11 13 yesterday so I lost a pound last week which is good.   I went to the gym and did body conditioning Football on TV   On Amazon   Brighton 4           Spurs 2 Arsenal 0               West Ham 2        

  Wednesday 27 December 2023 Weather Cloudy, some rain in the afternoon.   I weighed in at 11 13 yesterday so I lost a pound last week which is good.   Mandy came in the morning. I was really, really tired after only having 2- and three-quarter hours sleep last night. Leicester drew with Ipswich last night (a late equaliser from the home team), that tormented me a bit. I read the first story in my book from Kay (Collisions). Football on TV   On Amazon   Brentford 1         Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 Chelsea 2              Crystal Palace 1 Everton 1              Manchester City 3  

Tuesday 26 December 2023 Weather Cloudy, some rain in the afternoon. I weighed in at 11 13 yesterday so I lost a pound last week which is good. I had a huge sleep last night and a lazy morning. For luncheon today, I’ve had some beef pieces in a beef/turkey and onion gravy. Tomorrow, I shall do a cauliflower cheese and maybe have some more beef. Football on TV Lots of football including Ipswich v Leicester on Sky (19:45 kick off)

Monday 25 December 2023 Weather Cloudy, some rain in the afternoon. I weighed in at 11 13 today so I lost a pound which is good. I roasted a 3.75kg rib of beef this morning. It was excellent. Paul picked me up at around midday. We had an excellent Christmas lunch. They dropped me off in the evening and went on to Mark & Catherine’s. I went to bed early. As I said to Keith: I had a nice day. On Christmas Eve, I was relieved of Cauliflower Cheese duties because Zoe and Paul’s neighbour who is an electrician at a nearby Marks & Spencer’s food factory gave them a big M&S one for free. Meanwhile, I had been doing cauliflower cheese practice for a week! Consequently, my only morning job was to roast some beef. I had a 3.75 Kg two-rib special which only just fitted in my oven (£44 from Jim Oliver’s in Maindee). It was magnificent. It came out of the oven medium-rare just as Paul arrived to pick me up. It rested on the journey to Rhiwderin (as did I). As head of househo...