Steve has his first full week off since the beginning off the year, woo hoo. However in true to form holiday style he is sporting a shitty cold, boo hoo. It does always seem to happen the moment he has some down time it’s like he can’t fight the bugs anymore.

Or it could also be due to fact we all got soaked to the bone last Saturday when we went to see the sound of music. Or because we were then out the following morning pulling all the ragwort up out of the fields. Oh we know how to live!.

Still once the muck lady comes later this week I will have nice clear fields. We just got to burn the blasted stuff, even though there was a lot less this year. We managed to get it done in one go it still felt like very hard work. And two days later I still can’t bend properly.

We’ve had two guests here this week Tommy and Teddy who are going home later today. So I’ll finally be able to let Nas and Paris – Riso, Paracetamol and Paradise- we’re playing with pet names! In together I think I will take spirit out of the equation first off just to see how they do.

So that’s it Steve is on holiday which makes it a 100 fold tougher to stick to any kind of plan. Three course meals don’t help at all. I am resisting the urge to go all out and buy shares in cadburys in fact I haven’t had a chocolate bar since my weigh in last Wednesday.

We are also trying to be a bit more active whilst at the same time have some down time!

Weigh in tomorrow.