Free half day

 We were supposed to have our annual summer bbq at our ceo's house this year but it was rained off so we had a rearranged on in London yesterday.  It was right next to Waterloo station.  Who knew there were farm animals there?

New weights

I've treated myself to a new set of weights.  The seals on my old set had deteriorated so quite of few of them were leaking sand.  These are cast iron so no chance of that happening.

At this rate i'll make the next olympics!

 As predicted, I beat my 100m swim time.  1:52, beat it by another 3 seconds!  Or 3% better.   What I didn't predict was also beating my 500m swim time 11:01.  That's by 7 seconds!  Or a 1% improvement!

Not one to brag...

But another pool pb.  Best 100m swim 1m 55s.  Beat my previous record by a whole 1 second!  9 seconds off my best 500m swim though. I reckon if I concentrate on the 100m swim tomorrow I can smash it.  Don't expect much from the 500m result though.

Hair styling

We've been trying to convince Arthur to let us comb his hair in the morning, April managed to do it this morning and put some of my hair gel in to keep it in place.  Only problem is he rode his bike to school with a crash helmet so this is what we're left with.  Pretty much what it was like when he woke up!

Got back from lunch

And found the dog sitting on the sofa watching James Martin.

Back to the gym this morning

 What a lovely day.

This morning's walk

 

2kg of beef

 I cooked a 2kg joint of beef yesterday for 10 (6 adults 4 kids).  It was good although the meater (meat thermometer) let me down.  I wanted the top end of medium rare, but i'd say top end of medium.  Still tasted good and the whole lot was eaten so can't complain too much.  The main reason for the roast was to test out the new fancy chopping board though.  Lovely!

New album

 I listened to Ade Edmonson's auto biography the other day and found out about this album.  Bad News.  Part of a Comic Strip episode where the actually went on tour afterwards!