Eton Dorney? Who needs it?
Indeed, I could have won gold today, for walking: no doubt there`s a scientific reason why some days the legs are leaden and the next, on a day like today, you could walk to the moon - if only the dogs could keep up........
Instead we strolled back through the woods, breathing in all the pungent scents of a summer`s day, listening to a yellowhammer demanding its bread and cheese and staring up into the tops of some of these magnificent trees.
Oh and btw, finally finished what I declare to be the best book I`ve read for many a year especially if you relish the sheer absurdity of ....actually nearly everything. Took me a while, partly because it`s a long book but also because I was rationing myself.
The Independent review, calling it a "bleakly humorous futuristic vision" said, amongst other things,
"There are profound meditations on war, commercialism and the nature of humanity, and there are also hugely entertaining passages featuring pirate monks, ninjas, mime artists, ridiculous military escapades and much more. It should be made clear that it is also very often arse-kickingly funny. Throw in some perfectly plotted revelations, an unforgettable finale and a life-affirming and thought-provoking denouement, and you've got a tale which will live long in the memory, and a writer destined for great things, famous dad or not." (NB famous dad - John le Carre)
For me it fell in to the punch-the-air-and-cry-yes-as-well-as-laugh-out-loud-in-public category and there`s not many on that shelf.
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