Zero Hero and Mad and Sad

Good to see all of the updates - thanks for cards etc for Paul, here is the form showing a big fat zero (defects)! The instructor said it was 7 years before he saw a score like this. He's been doing a lot of cycling of late and I went with him on the Sunday club run last week and was completely wasted on Monday - it was probably 50-60 miles. I need to get fitter. Probably go for a run with Matt this Sunday.
Hope you like the Winter picture - we were a bit slow to get that updated. It's behind Warden hill BTW.








The second part of the title is because I got all excited at the prospect of re-jigging my hi-fi with the new stand I bought secondhand from that famous auction site - I've wanted one for ages. It came from Hemel so I didn't have to go too far to get it. So as you can see the good old turntable is back in commission with a 30-yr-old Yes concert recording on as I write this. Of course newer amps do not have a turntable input so you can see the trusty Cambridge amp in the stack as the pre-amp. I had to join lengths of speaker cable so I need to see if this has affected the sound.


Other news:

We have ordered the wallpaper and carpet for the lounge so the last room to be done is scheduled in and it's a big one. We are visiting Warwick Uni on Wednesday and I have a 'lads' weekend at Nicks next week.

Matt is still guitar-crazy playing every day and going to gigs at the Luton Uni, he has his Grade 1 test this coming Thursday in Stevenage. He's doing Grade 3 tunes so will probably skip 2. He was a good lad and went in to school 2 days this week to catch up on Electronics building his circuit.

Deborah's job is safe for the time-being as the uni is having a cost-saving drive. Phew. She took the Guides for a hike Wednesday night from Lilley to Putteridge in the nasty fog but all went well.

I recently read Beowulf and enjoyed it so much I bought the book/poem. I then read the epic poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight which was very good (circa 1400AD). I'm having a break from the excellent History of the World lent to me by my Dad but i should resume that soon.