I was sort of hoping when I arrived in Birmingham earlier that I would be able to rescue my MacBook from the Apple Store before meeting with Dave, but it didn't happen. Sandwiched in by a flu vaccination at 5pm, I wasn't even likely to be able to pick it up at the end of today, the earliest they reckoned it would be done. Annoying and expensive to be doing all these trips and still not being able to pick the thing up.

I woke up feeling pretty grotty this morning. I've managed to catch some sort of lurg and it was playing havoc with the back of my throat until it grew bored of that and decided to clog up my ears and sort me a running nose as well. Come back summer.

Swan ended up staying in Lufbra after I left and as far as I am aware skyved off his course today. He has absolutely no resistance to Mikes "Let's get drunk" plans and two days running missed his prebooked train home. In contrast, I have remained busy, sober and ill.