Tuesday 30th December 2025

It seems to have been several weeks since we had any rain to speak of.

Which may be odd for those in the north and west of the UK, but pretty much most storms that swept across the country did so in missing the south east corner of England, of which we are the most south east corner of.

So, awake at four in the morning, it was good to hear rain falling, meaning the soil would get damp and so not blown away if a gale did blow through.

And when we rose, the rain was still falling, revealing a downpipe had come away from the guttering, and was showring the upper patio with water.

That'll need to be fixed.

Anyways, after coffee we head to the gym to do another session. No gala on, so there just us gymrats and the swimmers heading to splash in the pool.

We went upstairs and did our time on the bikes, me listening to another podcast which perfectly lasted forty minutes.

Thing is, cycling didn't hurt my back, but the walk to and from the gym was pretty painful, and with the keen northerly in our faces, not pleasant. But I did no further damage.

Which was nice.

And I am pretty sure its easing.

Or it could be the drugs.

The rain eased, but we didn't go out. Or I didn't. Jools went to Jen's to check on her heating, to make sure the house was warm when she comes back at the weekend.

I spend most of the day writing a blog post which will go up later on Wednesday.

Lunch was most of the leftover salt beef in rolls. The remainder and what was left of the roast beef was minced and I made two cottage pies to be put in the freezer for another day.

The day faded, so we ate cheese and crackers for supper, then there was football on the tellybox, the last games of the year, ending with Arsenal thrashing the in-form team, Villa, 4-1.