The hardships of Xmas shopping

Denise with a hot chocolate in Thornton's (she says it was made with skimmed milk - and I believe her, I really do, cos women go on about indulgence, only to deny themselves!)

Went for a walk today ...

The large number in the display shows my time, and the figure in the bottom right hand corner is the distance in miles (1.5). Hardly a world record, but a record for me in distance terms (with the current equipment, of course). :-)

Mum's bequest went to good use

I satisfied a hankering to get a bass guitar AND got something to keep that I think Mum would have approved of, with this rather lovely Epiphone Jack Casady signature bass. When I play it I'll think of her. It was developed by Gibson and Epiphone with Jack (bassist with Jefferson Airplane, amongst other things - try Wikipeia for more info) to give a wide range of tones suitable for rock, blues and jazz: right up my street. I hope my brother Simon makes it up for New Year, because he plays bass, and I think he'd like it.