March 23rd - Lempitlaw

Anna was in Edinburgh for the day, and Hamish was off school with a serious ailment that mysteriously cleared up at about 9:15 am. This meant that I got to spend the day working in my office to the soundtrack of the three boys waging war on each other and whatever pirates, aliens and bad-guys where foolish enough to show themselves. Even Duncan the Citylink driver wasn't spared the cudgel on his daily pick-up.
Anna arrived home around 5, and I nipped out for a quick half hour to Lempitlaw and back with the dogs. Felt I was able to work the lungs a bit, which was welcome progress, although the old legs felt a bit wooden. A few weeks ago I was scrabbling around for races to do through March and April. Now glad that there's a lengthy gap in the calendar coinciding with my incapacitation. Should be right as rain in time for the Boat Race in mid-May, although I'll need to treat myself to a few long outings beforehand.
Bit of a red-letter day on the house-build. Having conquered the barren wastes of the Planning department, I've now conned the Ecology Building Society into lending me £110,000, which should fund the build. Exciting times ahead!