Cycling with Wax in my ears

Gym

It was tough motivating myself to go down the gym this morning after nearly a couple of bottles of wine last night, but I made it. I just went through the usual programme, but slightly reduced, down to just under an hour, rather than my usual hour and a half. As it was Sunday, I didn’t cycle along to “Frasier” on TV, but blasted, totally annoying Ruby Wax reviewing the newspapers on the Andrew Marr Show.

Ryanair

In Starbucks - continued after in McDonalds – I read that the adorable Victoria Coren also hates Ryanair. I was planning to fly with them a couple of months ago, but what started as a 40 quid fare, was fast approaching 70 with those “little extras” we all like to pamper ourselves with! So, I said “Sod It” and booked with Monarch for 90 quid, Birmingham to Malaga. The weather wasn’t so hot in Benalmadena, but they speak English like natives! (of Liverpool, Birmingham, Derby, etc.) I was amazed that Ryanair wanted a “web booking fee”, surely the whole point of online booking is that all the work’s done by the booker. My local library seems to have it right. (It doesn’t always.) Making a reservation costs 60p if you want to write it out down in the library, but free when you do it online. Currently, I have 8 free reservations lined up in their system.

Painless Cuts?

On today’s “Daily Politics” show some woman asked me old mate, Vince Cable, something like, “How can I be sure that the cuts won’t affect my family?” Jesus! Yeah, me too, I’m all in favour of cuts as long as they don’t actually affect me. So, please expand the library services, offer free gyms too, but make all education private.

Caine mutinous

I was surprised to see Michael Caine (aka Maurice Micklewright) at a recent Tory gathering. No, not the Tory bit, the fact that he’s made so many threats to leave this country I thought he must have carried through at least one of them during these years of “rampant socialism”, as he probably calls it. This country just doesn’t appreciate Cockney millionaires with dubious acting skills, does it? Pray arise, Sir Maurice M! We salute you.

Worcestershire victory!

As a Worcestershire cricket supporter I was amazed and delighted to see the county actually win a game against Middlesex today. The first victory since 1864, in fact, when Sir Thomas Graveney and Sir Basil d’Oliveira were delighting the yokels with their exquisite artistry with the willow on the frequently-flooded greensward.. Yokels in Worcestershire are simple folk, as indeed are yokels everywhere. We salute you too.