So this is 2022 eh?

Feels a lot like 2021 so far!

There's no new Gaby today - well you did get a multiple dose over the last week or so.

I hope you all got through New Year okay, even more so than Christmas it can be a lonely experience, everyone else seems at least to be having a better time than you regardless of your level of sobriety. Its easy to get maudlin and introspective, less easy to remain positive. Me, well i'm not really a party person, so it was a couple of drinks to see in the new year, a few minutes watching everyone ekses fireworks then off to Maddy's cave to sleep. Somehow i avoided resolutions, total drunkeness and too much deep thought, an uneventful passing of the years.

It has become a bit of a tradition with me to do a short bike ride on January one, with a damp start to the day it was after lunch before i wheeled my steed out this time. My friends up in Sheffield had each done 40km plus rides in the morning so whilst its not a competition i found myself compelled to go further so my short ride got a bit longer, well 52km and a bit to be exact, nothing too strenuous, just another trip to Bath with a longer route for the return. On my return it was time to get cooking - lamb stew this time, served in a giant Yorkshire pud - excellent and enough left for todays 'supper' too.

So to today. I had a long list of jobs to do, laundry, bike maintenance etc, etc. Well i got the washing done, clothing first then bed clothes and somewhere in there i changed from a blonde to a red head at which point i lost the plot a bit and instead of knuckling down to the essential velocipede work i ended up getting ready to go shopping - go figure. Of course, by the time i'd done the frozen cabinets and perused the reduced price chrimbo decorations it was a bit late to be starting on the bike - tomorrow then, first thing, definately.

And that's about it, the time for wanton merriment draws to a close, time to return to practical things like earning a crust.

I'll be back midweek but for now,
Adios,
Madeline Annafrid