On this Bank Holiday Sunday, many of you will be planning a lazy day (can you really plan one of those, do they not just happen?). For me, it is very different. After watching Arsenal beat Everton for the last home game of the season, I am off to the gym for a good heavy workout session. Then, this evening I am off to Havana in Windsor. Should be a good night as a big bunch of us are going. What have I been up to for the past few days? Well I have been quite busy, very busy in fact. My day off on Friday was packed. I dropped my sister and Mum at work and then drove back home, grabbed my things and caught the bus into town. I renewed my book at the library – now a mobile truck sitting behind the old building which is closed. The new library opens 3rd June. I then walked across town through Eden to Jerry’s for a haircut. I then had about thirty minutes to kill before going to the Doctor’s. I had a bit of a wait, so read my book while waiting in the waiting room. It has changed a great deal since I first used to go there. The GPs would not come out and call your name, they would just hit a buzzer in their surgeries and a coloured light on a display would light up. It was a device that would not have been out of place in a Wallace & Gromit movie. Afterwards I walked back into town, got my prescription from the closest pharmacy, then caught the bus home. Part one of my mission accomplished. It is only now that I noticed the receipt from the Priory Pharmacy. I wondered why the boy that served me looked so young. It was really interesting for me, as the inhaler (now only required for emergencies) is made by one of my clients. It does feel a little strange to be on the other side of the fence for a change. In theory I could track the sale of the inhaler via our CRM system but that would be very sad.

I was in a rush, I had to get ready and meet up for lunch with friends in Reading around 1pm. I got into my car around 12:30pm and was pretty much on schedule. I got to Emmer Green just after 1pm and then walked down to the bus stop with Em to catch the next bus into town. We met up with Phil at the Oakford and ordered some food. Around 3.30pm we headed down to the festival, it was a short five minute walk around the corner. It was quite busy for a Friday afternoon and the sun came out in patches. We wondered around into the main tent, paid to get in and were given our pint glasses plus a programme. We headed to the bar area to go and explore. Pav and Sarah did not arrive until much later, by then there was a long queue and it was one in one out policy. Nige and Div arrived shortly afterwards. It was a good night, I pumped into Matt (and his girlfriend) in the queue for food. I was surprised to see him there and promised I would make it into the gym over the weekend. It was a good night but we were told to leave just after 11pm. Photos have been uploaded to a new set over on FlickR. There will be more photos on Facebook at some point, Pav had his camera on him but do not think anyone else bothered, even with camera phone. Well maybe Phil with his N95. Today has been a successful day. I watched the Arsenal match, had some food and then left for the gym. I noted the time on my dashboard. It was 15:45 as I got out of my car and exactly 17:00 as I got back in to drive home. The gym was relatively quiet with only a handful of users. The pool was packed with children and the golf course looked quite busy too. Back again tomorrow morning? What do you think? I took this picture of the first generation Rav4 parked next to me in the car park of the Hilton Birmingham Metropole. I thought to myself that there are some jobs that even Crystal Detail would refuse. Some cars have just been so neglected that trying to do anything will not help.

Right, a quite few hours to chill before heading over to Windsor. Gym tomorrow morning and looks like Ironman might be moved three hours later. Pav is in the middle of a crazy detail. He was expecting a BMW Mini but instead a 323 E36 Touring arrived on his drive. It will take him most of tomorrow to finish off, as he has only done 37% of the detailing so far. So looks like it may be a 9pm screening instead of 6pm. It does not matter, as long as we stick to our double edged rule. (Must seem the movie over the opening weekend at a Vue cinema.)