Busy boy

Had a busyish week. Went to school on Tuesday and found out loads about my camera. I didnt think I could do continual shooting on it ie keep the button pressed and it continues shooting. Very useful when Wales are about to score a try. But now i can. Had a good time at the National Portrait gallery last Friday while Gill was doing a speech somewhere in London poor old thing! Decided to do something about my fitness and arse size so Ive joined Bannatynes in Eastbourne. Tom and Emma are also there and Laura intends doing some when she moves in Feb. Oh I didnt say did I but shes bought a new build in Hellingly that will be built in Feb. Good for her....anyway Bannatynes is a very classy place. I must use it tho. Im looking after Poppy yesterday and today so am taking the Popster swimming this afternoon there.Laura got her some armbands yesterday. Looking forward to it. Im also taking her to see Scott and Maya who is now nearly 4 for some chuckkie egg breakfast! How we socialise when we retire! Haha
Gave her her first pear yesterday so she got her nashers working on it as you can see.Laura went to the dentist..horrific..she needed two fillings and the anaethetic wouldnt work. So she had to have them basically with full pain! She looked awful when she got home...in a state of shock and white.It happens in exceptional circs. They tried a dozen injections too!Mouth wouldnt work so the anaesthetic had frozen everything but her nerves still felt everything....nightmare.Cant see her popping back in a rush!

This week

Pretty good week butr for 1 x incident. Laura reversed into the BMW on the drive. Little damage to the Toureg but £3k to the BM. Heyho. After what weve been through the last 10 weeks wtf.

Also did my first day at college...well 2.5 hrs in the evening last tuesday on the AS Photography course. Now those of u that know me would not think creativity and being artie fartie is Pete M. Correct. I think I might have to find my feminine side but Im up for it. Gill gave a speech in London yesterday on Partnership working so we travelled up on the train together and I went to the National Portrait Gallery and National Museum to see some exhibitions on Photos etc. OOoooh hark at him! I also took some tube pics..now how flipping sad is that.

Have also had my first week on the wheat, soya, nuts free diet. Its been ok...anyone for another jacket potato! I also mowed the lawn today and since i am very highly allergic to grass had to dress up like a right tw&t. The postman who i have known for years had to be picked up off the drive when he saw me...laughter. It looked like there had been a CBRN incident!

Off for a 2nd viewing for a house for Laura pm today in Ticehurst.

Its so scary

Another week

A good week this week.
Interesting.....Ive been having a few tests at the hospital following throat problems. Anyway after a CT scan , Barium meal etc etc including a stack of blood tests including for allegies its been found that Im highly allergic to certain foods viz wheat , most nuts, soya bean and grass pollen and just plain allergic to seafood. Some would say bad news but having been diagnosed with ME maybe I havent got it after all, maybe my body has been fighting this 'sh*t' Ive been eating for the last 5 years and it might explain why when I had 2 pints about 3 years ago that my body had almost an anaphylactic shock....presumably to me throwing wheat into it! Anyway my throat problem appears to be mild asthma brought on by the allergy. So today a new diet excluding all the above starts. How boring will I be to have round for a meal! Lettuce Pete? oh yes yum yum! Haha. I joke cos I can still eat dairy, potatoes, rice, meat in fact most fresh stuff. Of course the 6 million dollar question now is can I drink wine and brandy! I'll perhaps try some in a cpl of months if the body settles down and the usual old symptoms go.The tests also said Im allergic to dust mites and the grass so i said to Gill I cant do the cleaning or mowing.........! Her reaction? Shes getting me a mask! Laughter. Happy days we hope.
Had a small family christening in Colchester for Poppy well actually it was a new style Thanksgiving service. All done by Robin the Padre who is top dollar.Met the extended family of the Paras again who continue to be great. Waldo one of Shauns mates attended then flew to Afghan for 7 months 8 pm last night!Most of the rest go in the next 2-3 weeks. Lets hope at least Shauns mates who we all now know so well come back safe.

This week

Well a busy week..ish. Gill was fully back at work sadly. I had Poppy for 2 days whilst Laura had a birthday break in London with Charlotte. They had £18 cocktails at the Ritz..haha...good on them..stayed in Park Lane! Poppy was brill. Got a bit cold one night so Gill brought her to our bed so she slept across the bed after manoevuring for position. Both of us were on the edge and its a big bed! It was great to wake up with her smily face though. Soft rnt we! Picked up a partly built touring bike to take to France with the paramedics later this year. Got it on ebay near Sevenoaks so ill get Adam from the bike shop in Polegate to finish it...needs a new chain, seat and the wires connecting up...haha...thats why Im not doing it!

Also bought some nice bits at auction in Lewes at Gorringes. A superb picture and a smaller pic and an Oak 17thC wainscot chair.Something we have been looking for for a decade but the prices have never been right until now. Brown furniture ( which is what some furniture is called)I think is cheaper now than it was a decade ago. Good time to buy if you like it that is. Anyway its done. Thats what we work for....or at least Gill does. i just get paid to posture and pontificate on my big fat ar$e!! Something I do rather well!

Had a nice email from the Deputy Editor of Telegraph newspapers since I wrote following their putting a picture of Shaun on Page 2 last Sunday. It is a good action pic though and is simply classic 'Shaun' in action in Afghan 2008 with 3Para. Anyway they have tagged the photo for all now so we shouldnt get a shock again! It wasnt the fact it was printed. I am really proud of the pic but the fact we werent warned and I know there are difficult practicalities with that for national papers. But it was a good e mail from him which I acknowledged as such.

Also went to watch Lewes 2nds v Plumton rugby today where Tom was playing 2nd row with his mate Dave at scrum half. Quite a good game I thought. Should I play again I was asking myself?

Dont be bl*&dy stupid Millsy!

There is something about the pitch , the smell, the craic, the team that brought back Rugby and Football memories. Will have to keep it to the bike like old buffers do!

Rugby double header and the iconic Shaun Edwards

Some snaps

This week

Went to Laura's yesterday and mowed the lawn and did some odd jobbing. ..also went to Bluewater for lunch. Poppy has suspected German Measles but it hasnt stopped her laughing as she climbs to the top of the back of the sofa and sits in triumph as if she's just done Everest.
Tom bought a car ..a VW Passat estate from Eastbourne Car Auctions...how very sensible. Its actually the hidden cost of having a police dog..u need an estate to transport old Maddock about. Im sure he will approve.
Went mackerel fishing at 6.30am today. A bit rough the old sea so I cut my losses and took some pics of the sun coming up. Also went to Twickers today with Gill...u know that place where the team in white play!

We sat down and believe it or not as we did 'chasing cars' came over the sound system..those of you closest to us will know its significance. It wasnt easy.

Cost a tenner each to watch two games in the season's opener..Wasps v Harlequins and London Irish v Saracens. Some seriously painful hits and some excellent players on view too. Took a hundred pics! Andy Powell scored on his debut...watch out London..the golf buggy will be out with Powell trying to find some munchies over the limit..haha! Anyway I was quite impressed by the action shots I got including the moment one of the tries were scored. Start my AS level in photography on 22nd Sept at Uckfield Community College. Looking forward to it.