The Whole Nottingham Caboodle

It’s cold and slightly icy today, so I take the bus.  

It's far too early to mention the C word but my brother does so anyway. He says he’s at his in-laws on the Fourth Sunday in December, so I shall invite my Mum and Dad round to us. L reckons we should be able to sandwich them in between Parkruns. 

Apparently there is a ******mas Eve one at Beeston, a ******mas Day one at Forest Rec, a New Year's Eve one at Rushcliffe and the Gedling-Colwick double header on New Year's Day. So that's the whole Nottingham caboodle in a week. The double header consists of one run at 9am and one at 10am with a bit of 'driving like a maniac' in between.

Now all I have to do is sort out the roast haunch of Wollaton Park deer for said Fourth Sunday.

Today isn’t apparently Black Friday but I am already getting the offers. It is actually next Friday but some companies seem to be running a Black Friday week.

After work I go to the gym at the velodrome for a quick trash on the Watt Bikes. L and the boys then walk up to meet my bus.

(Friday 18^th November)

Christmas Meals

It’s a bit icy this morning and it’s good to get a bit of winter but I don’t think it will last.

The online queue last night is nothing compared with the real queue at the stadium formerly known as Pride Park this morning. People are reporting waiting for over two hours to get tickets.

L has her Christmas Meal at lunch time at Chino Latino, where the accent seems to be pretty much on the food. My Christmas Meal is tonight via a Christmas Party company at Derby’s Roundhouse where the accent is very much on the drink and the entertainment. The food seems to be a bit of an inconvenience. All well and good if that's what you like but personally, I think she got the better deal.

I have a few decent pints with a colleague beforehand and then dip out of the Roundhouse event after the food in order to get a not too late bus home.

(Friday 20^th December)