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Fun and sunshine

Thirteen days since my last blog. THIRTEEN DAYS!! That’s like almost two weeks. What have I been doing in all that time?! I have had plenty of things I’ve endured, watched, heard, learnt in that time so why - I ask myself - have I not put pen to paper? (that should really read switch-on-computer-open-Word-and-put-fingers-to-keyboard only you’ll agree that doesn’t sound quite so eloquent).

I think the answer is that I’m a bit tired. I am clearly low on motivation levels. I last went away at the end of May for a long weekend. Before that I hadn’t been away for longer than 3 days since June last year! I need a holiday.

The good news is I have one booked in for the middle of next week. I’m heading off to the Alps to a ski resort. Before you go thinking I’ve lost the plot – I am 100% aware it is not the ski season but I have a friend who lives out there and I hear that ski resorts in the summer become fantastic outdoor sports areas. Mountain biking, swimming, wake boarding, walking etc – a bit like the Lake District but with guaranteed sun. I can’t wait to get away and no doubt I’ll tell you all about it when I return.

I went shopping for a vital item of clothing I need out there last weekend. Now before I let you know what it is, I feel you need to prepare yourself. Some people would consider these quite embarrassing, including me. There is a VERY good reason why I bought these and not because I think they are going to return to the height of fashion. Are you ready? On Saturday I purchased my first ever adult pair of Speedo’s. Tight and short – they are hideous! The thing is, I’m told by my friend who lives out there, that some swimming pools in the Alps don’t let bathers wear swim shorts or boardies as they are sometimes known and the only way to get round the ban short of not swimming at all is to go and buy some Speedo’s.

Whether or not this ‘reason’ has any truth in it remains to be seen. I could be the subject of a humiliating wind up. You’ll know if this is the case, because I will probably become a recluse; lose all confidence and motivation, and not write another blog for nearly two weeks.

See you tonight from 7pm.

M x

Posted by Matt Wilkinson on July 15, 2008 at 14:49PM

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