It’s been at least a year since I went to my last proper match, but when I got a phone call out of the blue from Flash (who also incidentally I hadn’t seen for over a year either) with tickets to see Newcastle take on Worcester at home I couldn’t turn it down.

Turns out it wasn’t a bad way to get back into live rugby - the weather was great, the Sixways was busy, and Worcester put in a resounding victory against a side which included Wilkinson, Flood, Tate, Noon and the rest. It couldn’t have been better spectating.

Yesterday I went over to TIm and Stacey’s for an evening meal and can’t say I was disappointed by that either. Thai green curry washed down with a mixture of beer, wine and inevitably, business chat - made for a really pleasant evening - so hats off to the Site Doctors for their hospitality work too :)

It was sad to hear of the death of Humphrey Lyttleton today. Over the years he’s done so much for both jazz and radio comedy that he truly was an under-acknowledged great. I’ll now make an effort to get through the second half of his biography which has been lying by my bed for over a month.

I’m quite relieved it’s the weekend.