12/05/2024 - '2 blogs for the price of 1' by David
Apologies for not posting a blog for a while, unfortunately I haven't been well as I've had tonsillitis, which laid me low and I just wasn't in the mood for writing. I'm very lucky that I don't have to get up for work any more, so I could stay in bed, wallow in my own self pity, drink lots of lemon and ginger and for the first time this year...sunbathe! I slapped on the factor 50 and took my book and a coffee outside and it was lovely to feel the warmth of the sun after a long wet, and windy winter. I'm storming through my books to read, having gorged on and enjoyed Alan Partridge's hilarious Nomad, a really interesting biog plotting the genius/madness of Nina Simone, and I'm now halfway through Back Home, the story of England's disastrous exploits at the Mexico 1970 world cup, which ushered in years of disappointment, as we failed to qualify for the next two tournaments. It has been a fortnight of mixed emotions in the Baker household, as I'm