Tomorrow I drive to Loughborough University, having volunteered my body for medical science ( again ).

The team there are investigating the effects of caffeine on SCI patients.

It means no coffee ( or alcohol ) for a couple of days  – that’s a bloody relief  to be honest.

The day after I try proper adapted canoeing in a Va’a boat with an outrigger, in Stoke on Trent with a lad injured 7 years ago in a moped accident , having just left the army. Dan has since canoed the Misissippi (2,500 miles ) with a few mates.  He read my blog and got in touch.

For me it’ll be trying it, and trying not to capsize and drown ( Part 2 ).