Going Rogue

I do my first cycling in five weeks on Monday and they bring out the Derny as there are only eight of us in the session. So, it’s bloody hard work. 

Tuesday is the first of my two gigs this week as I go see Belly at the Rescue Rooms. 

L’s Wednesday is typical of her week - a run, a gym session, a stretch class and a swim while the Lad and I have dog training. 

On Thursday, L runs with Daughter who is now on a training plan to pass the Police Bleep Test in April. While L is then in Derby, I go rogue and go to David Lloyd on my own using L's guest pass to do the gym over lunch. 

In the evening L swims at Colwick with her new neoprene booties and gloves which come in a nice shade of dayglow orange while the Lad and I do a 8.2k training run for the Leaf Kick next weekend. 

On Friday, it’s the second of my gigs and for this we drive up to Leeds where we stay in the Holiday Inn Express. L is with me and so is the Lad. I am going to see Feeder at the Academy and it’s a 20-minute walk to gig from the hotel. On the way I dine out in Morrisons. 

After the gig I meet them in the hotel bar where we chat to a couple of other Feeder fans but we don’t speak to the crowd who have arrived back from seeing Simply Red at the First Direct Arena. 

There is no coincidence that L is with me on Friday night because the next day is obviously a Saturday which is Parkrun day. We run at Roundhay Park where we also grab coffee and a croissant because they hadn’t got much else. 

Then we head back home where I drop L in Borrowash. She heads home on the Indigo bus while I shop for my dad and make it to Aston halfway through the first half of Derby’s 12:30 kick off at Wrexham. The game ends in a 1-1 draw. L and I go to Stapleford on the bus later with the Lad. 

Sunday is the Robin Hood Half which we go and watch. Then later we head with Daughter to Coventry where me meet Son and his wife in the Red Lion where we actually get a Sunday Lunch although they are out of beef, so I have gammon. They also have Landlord Dark to drink which was formerly known as Ram Tam. Unfortunately, no one knew what Ram Tam was, hence they changed the name to something more boring.

(Sunday 28^th September)