Today I at least feel that I can get up and walk around which is just as well as it's Karen's birthday and we all went out for a meal.

There seems to be something about me and car parks this week. I had to go into the town to pick up a few things and I decided to drive rather than walk. I got to the barrier at the car park, pressed the button for a ticket and the machine said, car park full. I waited, a few cars came out and tried again, still full. Then again, and again. All the time cars are getting in on the other lanes and people behind me are begining to get irate. Turned out that the thing had run out of tickets so more waiting for a man with a box of tickets to fix the problem.

The presents seem to go down well and we had a nice meal at the old water mill. Despite it being local I'd never been inside and the last time I was there was to drop Karen off for a meal over ten years ago.

So, that's it for another year and once again I'm not the oldest :-)