Went to a panto last night – Jack and the Beanstalk in the Lyric, Hammersmith.

The Lyric is always a bit edgy.
The only white cast member was the evil one ( of course ). The Fairy was of course a very gay drag queen and the most ‘ senior man ‘ was a lady ( black and Jamaican ) with a moustache.

It all worked ok, but there was no Fee Fy Fo Fum and talk of eating Englishmen.

Maybe a bit too far variant from the proper version ( for me n GG ) but hey everyone enjoyed themselves.
GG refuses to join in with the ‘ he’s behind you/ oh yes it is ‘ malarkey, and also wouldn’t volunteer to go onstage.

I got bloody soaked both going and coming back.
Tis the season to be drenched.

And we ( K, Leighton, Bev n me ) saw Wet Leg in Kingston.
Wet Leg come from the Isle of Wight ( possibly the only sexy thing from there (?) ) and Wet Legs are apparently people who visit the Island.
Anyway, they were great !

And then the next day K and I went to the Old Vic to see A Christmas Carol – Scrooge does remind me of someone I’m related to, fair play. I don’t suppose in real life though they’ll change before it’s too late…

It’s December and I now get very wet and covered in bloody road grit every time I go out. Never mind… I’ve had worse.

I haven’t posted for an age… but lots has happened… nothing bad though ( maybe unusually…)
Bit nippy now though, isn’t it?

I did definitely get rid of my 18 month long UTI.. so I sleep so much better than I did.
It’s not exactly perfect… of course… but it’s definitely ok having 6 hours a night and sometimes more. I think if it had kept going with 2 hours a night only I’d have probably just dropped dead one day. Dating was impossible whilst sleep deprived.

I do have a great girl in my life now that my UTI has been gone for a while .

I mean I have a lot of lovely girls in my life.. obviously… but as friends… K is officially my girlfriend.

Definitely more fun at Christmas if you aren’t single. I think K and I will definitely last beyond Christmas. 🙂

I’ve been to a fair amount of theatres, been to gigs, been to the Gtech stadium obvs, and made a few major decisions ( like excising some not so positive elements) which actually made a dramatic difference to happiness levels.
Top tip then … if there is a situation you ruminate about that drags you down – just get out of it altogether.. however contrary to your instinct that may be… because it might just make you a shit load happier! 😇

And great to see my older brother last week.
Not seen him for maybe 5 years?
And also his eldest son, who I think I hadn’t seen for 11 years!?
As they live in America it’s not so surprising.. along with the pandemic etc and my bloody injury making travel so complicated.

Anyway it was good..

As was seeing my school buddies yesterday for our annual lunch.
I do appreciate Mike, Stu and Clog all making the effort to get to London ( to make it easier for me )
All fantastic fellas.

Theatre tonight – Inspector Morse.
God that was a successful series back in the day.. probably the most popular thing on TV for a few years in a row..

Apparently it’s gonna be 26 degrees today.
We used to call that an Indian Summer ( hot in September ) but now we don’t.
Can’t really see that any Indians would be offended..

Nor any cowboys, neither.

Today I’m out with my new Union Jack t shirt on … wearing the national flag.

I’m accompanied by my refugee buddy, Omer.. whom
I look after..

Bet that’s a confusing situation for the Lefties!

A far right refugee sponsor? Wtf !!?

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Went to the NT ( that’s the National Theatre ) on Saturday to see Inter Alia. Looks like it’s the hot ticket in London at the moment.
Suzy booked a table for some wine.
– we had a lovely time…

Definitely unforgettable.

The play itself is very much like Adolescence, the Netflix sensation.. teenage boy accused of rape. Did he or didn’t he? You’ll have to go and see it.
Except it finishes next week.

But it’s on in the cinemas! The NT Live broadcasts they do – definitely worth a watch.

Just now I was Triride’ing to Faro airport on a main road in Portugal…
Two lanes and a hard shoulder.

I’m in the hard shoulder at this point..
A few cars have just passed me and there are 3 in the fast lane, say doing 40mph. They are say 20 meters ahead of me.
Suddenly.. an estate car RAMS into the back of the rear of the last of the 3 cars.
This bloke must have been doing at least 65mph.
What an impact..

The car he hits gets shunted forward at high speed yet just avoids missing the car in front.

CLEARLY the fella in the estate was looking at me ( well not often round here do you cop a bloke in a wheelchair doing 30mph?) and he’s so impressed he’s stopped looking in front of him for quite a while. He wasn’t even braking… he hit the car in front at high speed. I saw his bonnet crumple almost entirely.

If he hadn’t hit him square on one/ both of them would have probably shot into my path.

That’s another life, I’d say.

Never far away from certain death, me.
😳💦

Had a party last week- for my birthday.
Lots of people came.
It was brilliant to see so many totally cracking people in the same place ( mine ).

Thanks to everyone who came!
And to Leighton for doing the barbecue.
I found him on the internet. …

It would have been 30 years since I did a certain thing… today.
Or was it tomorrow?
You know I’ve never remembered which date it was.
😂

Anyway, it’s not.

Gawd if i could live my life again, I’d not have done it.
That’s for sure.
🤷

My God I’m doing some great arm exercises.
If you haven’t seen these ( and you probably haven’t) then you should get one.
Impossible to injure yourself ( it weighs less than a kilogram ) , portable, use anywhere ( though people might stare at you and wonder what on earth you are doing ) .. if you wear a wrist weight as well – I use a kilo one on each wrist… well if you can do a solid hour of it ( whilst watching tv/ YouTube/ listening to a podcast or something… then your arms will indeed suffer.
Always enjoyed the burn, i have to say.

This is from ALI EXPRESS btw… gotta say, I do love that site.

Aside from that I Went to see this very clever play this weekend.
In it this lady ( aided and abetted by her new boyfriend ) lied and swindled her way through the course of a good décade to persecute her ex husband and live a life that she couldn’t afford. She lied to banks, to mortgage companies, to her employers, to her friends and family, and with a straight face to a string of Judges in several Court appearances. Well dodgy character..

And then at the end, her boyfriend, knowing all he did about her … asked her to marry him.
The final act was so chilling. He was so haplessly cheerful that she had said yes, but then the camera zoomed in on her face and you just knew what a terrible mistake this man was making.
You just wanted to shout out NOOOOOOO to warn him. But you can’t… it’s just fiction and you’re in a theatre.

Very powerful.

And I’m also getting my sh** together with dating. Some lucky lady might soon snag me. 🤷😂