It’s Nothing Personal

Derby County have been dealt an awful Christmas schedule (again) with no home games until New Year’s Day and a Monday night game away at Leicester. I take my Dad to the New Inn for a pint before we watch that on TV. Derby lose.

On Tuesday, L acquiesces to a request for a 6am run by Daughter but she does at least return to bed afterwards. She has Pilates later but I’m not back at work until Wednesday where I am covering the Support Desk and also doing a course in AI in expectation that there will be no support to cover. 

For New Year’s Eve we have booked a table at Iberico Tapas. We go in the Kean’s Head first who are shutting at 8pm as they always seem to do when we go in there. I’m sure it’s nothing personal. Brew Dog is open though and we go there for one after the meal. 

We get the i4 home as Trent Barton are still running most buses but Nctx seem to have stopped completely. Back home we have an I’ll advised night cap while watching Hootenanny and doing Auld Lang Syne with the Lad. L even stays up with us this year and catches us on film. 

Our New Year’s Day Parkrun of choice is at Forest Rec after which L and Daughter do the New Year swim at Colwick which is a barmy 4.9 degrees. Then my Dad and I finally have that festive home match as Derby fluke a 1-0 win against Middlesbrough, totally against the run of play. 

We get a sprinkling of snow overnight but it’s not enough to prevent L getting over to Derby to meet her Mum. In the evening, I open my Christmas Present from Daughter which is a keg of Old Peculiar. 

On Saturday we Parkrun at Sherwood Pines with Daughter who is now in training for her Bleep Test at the end of March. There is still snow on the ground but we reckon Sherwood Pines will be on as it’s a flat course and not on tarmac. As it turns out, very few places seem to have as much snow and ice as Wollaton does and there is none at Sherwood Pines. So, Parkrun is very much on. 

We stop for bacon cobs at Limes cafe on the way back. In the evening we are in the Legion where they are selling the Hula Hoops off cheap but sadly only the ready salted ones. They still have the Blitzen on from Christmas Eve and it is still in good shape. 

There is no swimming at Colwick on Sunday as they are taking a week off after all their festive events but there is a match as Derby lose 2-1 at home to Wrexham. My brother and his family go to the dame and meet us afterwards in The Yard.

(Sunday 4^th January)