Got some bad news yesterday during the day, so what is in a fearful mood when I got home, thenkfully Dan is away! By the time I went out in the evening I was in a better mood, which improved even more after our meal in the noodle bar, not the best idea for my poor knackered old stomach, but was very tasty, after which we retired to a friends place and spent the evening in their pool with some chilled wine! very relaxing. A nice easy day today we had a late breakfast of bacon eggs and now have bugger all planned! marvellous.

Sunday we have a meeting to plan our trip to Switzerland in 2010, a party of 25 explorer scouts and leaders will head off to Switzerland on Boxing Day for a weeks ski-ing and snow boarding, we will all be fundraising to pay for this trip, at about £700 each we believe we can raise the majority of the cash that way, as a side event 2 of us have had long standing ambitions to ride a 4 man bobsleigh and close to where we are staying is one of the best tracks in the world, and we will be having a go, although not driving ourselves we will however be passengers! Young Finch is coming and is looking forward to the trip, what I think he wants to see is the old man make an arse of himself on skis, I would find it hard to dissapoint the little sod! A fellow scout leader with experience of the slopes reckons the more mature members should avoid snowboarding as its a young uns game, and we will find it very difficult, sounds like a challenge to me! The lodge we will stay at is stunning, with stunning views over the Alps, and a great chance for me to get back inot some extreme ironing! Our Explorers have just worked out that you can drink beer in Switzerland aged 16... god help the Swiss, sadly they will be too young to enjoy the delights of the Schnapps, more for me!