I have refrained from discussing Charlton's current predicament because frankly its a nightmare, this whole season has been a nightmare, first Pardew seemed to lose the plot then Parkinson took over, and was given a trial period to see if he was up to the job, so after 8 games and no wins the standard required had been set and so Parkinson was installed as manager! Genius! although to be honest I don't think the Club could afford to pay him off, so he got the job. In the Autumn we had the prospect of a Dubai based investment which looked to be huge financially and would have seen us in the big league, sadly the credit crunch hit that dream with the investors just hours from signing, this seemed to plunge the club as a whole into a deep depression and we now find ourselves marooned at the bottom of the league and heading for relegation to League 1. Sadly we have too many players that are either not up to it or do not have the bottle for the fight, also add in the loss of a 3 good players through injury its not good, Still we have the joys of Bristol Rovers away next season which means a trip to my Aunt and Uncle's for a damn good feed, and with any luck Millwall will fail to go up, all we need now is for Palarse to disappear down the plug hole and everything would be fine.....

Well the chest infection is clearing, has taken me out for two weeks! missed two nights at cricket paractice, and generally felt shit the whole time, still have what seems to be a heavy cold now, hopefully that will vanish soon!

Been asked to help out at a new Radio Station being set up local to me with some very old friends, so that seems like a good idea, I have no idea what I am going to do as yet, also some other radio stuff looming soon which wil be on FM and Digital!

Next weekend Dan and I are off to Wales for my brothers Curry Night, planning a good walk with Dan and Lee, might take them up Lord Herefords Knob.

Rehearsals are going well, although I sat out most of last weeks as I was too ill to do bugger all, and at last the programme I amputting together is complete, that was my last major job other than the show itself so I am relieved, as its been a pain in the arse putting it together.

Well the Man Flu has moved on a tad, I now have a really nasty chest infection, as result I have had no fags for 2 days, hardly slept, and really dont fancy eating that much, i seem to have a permanent headache, really not good as the Dr thinks the chest infection will take a fair while to clear.
Not the best timing, I have to finish the show programme this Sunday, but I cannot seem to concentrate on anything at the moment. So it appears I will miss this Sunday's rehearsal, still Dan is at home this weekend and I am sure he will be able to help the old man out!

Man flu is back again, started feeling rough earlier today, and this evening at a Scout Meeting I got the shivers, i have a tight chest, sore back, feel hot then cold.....i am fallng apart.

The Kiwi landed in NZ overnight from Hong Kong, how do I know she phoned to tell me.....at 4am....

The list of things I have to do for the show is growing every day, I have a very pressing deadline for the show programme, which info for keeps changing, I have a press release to get out and god knows what else!

Off to Bridgend at the end of the months with Mr Travers, for a Charity Curry Night, will include a walk and the first GP!

A busy old day yesterday dragging the hugest suitase in the world ever to Heathrow, luckily the suitcases owner got her flight so peace and quiet for 3 weeks!
Last night was poker night for the boys, your correspondent emerged at 4am this morning as the winner again! A great night was had by all, good food, good friends, and just hours of laughter....

Got to sort myself today I have a photo shoot in the afternoon... gawd

Its been a crap week. I ended up at the Drs Tuesday after being badgered relentlessly, apparently I am drinking a huge amount of water, I must admit I am feeling thristy a fair amount... so a test for diabetes was undertaken, my Dr is a bit of a giggle, she asked if i was going to faint when i saw the blood and if i was she was going to ask to get a few burly men in to keep me upright, luckily blood is not a problem, then she said how was I with pain and after telling her what a wimp I am with regard to pain she gave me a lecture on the pain of childbirth! once this had finished I reminded her compared to the great knacker incident of 2 years ago where 3 shots of morphine were required to let anyone near me, childbirth stung a bit! she called it quits on that, in between the giggles, it still amuses her greatly what happened there... so the test was done and my blood sugar levels are very good as is my blood pressure, which surprises me when you consider I have a teenager in the house.

Talking of the teenager, this week found us at his school for parents evening, his mother was in attendance with a list of petty things she wanted to bring up, the trouble was most of them were related to her other halfs son who also attends the school, so after an animated discussion where it was pointed out we were there to deal with our son's education not Timmy Malletts sons she came around to my way of thinking. It seems the teenager is doing very well in all subjects, the only contentious subject is Humanities (if anyone can tell me what humanities is I would be grateful) there appears to be a personality clash between him and his teacher, having met her I can see why... I took them to task over one teacher who seems to think it is ok to lock the kids in classroom during lessons... luckily his head of year took a dim view of that. It did have its lighter moments, the teeenager has become very interested in girls lately and has been breaking hearts a fair amount, we were in the canteen area discussing his lovelife when a brunette appeared and I asked Dan if he had been out with her yet, his reply was 'no she is a munter' I pointed out that beauty is in the eye of the beholder and after all I did end up marrying his mother, Teenager enjoyed that one, sadly the ex did not see the funny side!

Whilst talking away to his teacher I got to thinking that your average teacher is younger and better looking in my day, one did attract my attention, tall, dark haired and generally gorgeuos, apparently my son does not think its a good idea for his dad to take a fancy to his teachers.....for some reason he would not let us talk to her or get her number for me! Kids.......