Waiting For The Fairy

We get up early to do Son's papers. L comes out of the paper shop with a huge pile of them. Frightening. Doggo helps/hinders us.

Then we do a short run around the park before finding a good position to watch the Robin Hood Marathon. Oops sorry, I should have called it the newly named Robin Hood Festival of Running. Which to me doesn't sound anywhere near as impressive.

L falls over during our run and gashes both her legs in spectacular style.

As we watch the race I try and spot some of my old foes in the race but only see a couple, not ones worth spitting at. Naturally some people are dressed up in comical clothing, including the obligatory chap dressed up as a fairy. As we watch we stumble across Andy Whittaker, the Radio Derby DJ who defected to Radio Nottingham, who's running an official cheering point. He's waving a microphone around, I bet he's probably already launched himself on the poor chap dressed up as a fairy.

Nathaniel Williams, 23, of Loughborough, who was running his first ever marathon, wins in two hours, 29 minutes. Not bad mate but if you want a few tips just get in touch.

Go home to watch the BBC's highlights of last weeks Tour Of Britain. Lots of idiots guides, background information and scenery shots. It's debatable whether this lighthearted approach will have gripped the casual viewer who may have stumbled across the coverage when they actually flicking channels looking for a celebrity cooking programme. However I'm sure it had cycling fans like me clawing the carpet in frustration, not to mention struggling to stay awake at certain points. The BBC will no doubt cut back even more on their coverage next year due to the poor viewing figures, saying cycling just doesn't pull in the punters when really it’s their coverage that's so appalling. They've obviously never watched the excellent coverage of the Tour De France that has been done so well by ITV/C4 over that last 20 years.

2.30 and I finally get my now battered girl back into the bedroom. She won't be doing anything on her knees that's for sure.

In the evening the kids return and I cook up a rather good lamb curry.

22 units for the week. Which I think is rather good.