First of all that I have not really been doing much to this website, for a while. It's because this website has had to take a bit of back seat while I sorted out some of my other website's, that not been updated in a long time.

I woke up at about 11:00am, I would have been asleep for a lot longer if it had not been for my mobile going off to remind me that it's London Pride tomorrow. I got my of bed, went to the loo, then got straight back into bed. Because I felt like watching TV while in bed. I watched Holby City that I recorded Tuesday night.

At about 12:30pm I got up of bed for a second time, but this time I was good and stayed out of bed. I checked my email quickly before jumping in the shower.

Once got the shower I cooked myself a pizza. I eat it while watching Yes, Minster. Once I had eaten all my food. I went out a nice walk with the dog. It was a lot warmer that it looked outside, so I did most of the walk without my top on, lucky not too many people were about to see it.

Once back I just watched more stuff on TV and played about on the net.

In the evening I phoned up my Mum and Dad to see how things are going up in Killearn. I was on the phone to them for about 15 minutes. They were telling me all about the flat in Glasgow, that my big brother Douglas is moving to. I also got to speak to my BF for the first time, for a number of days, because he's been in Coventry seeing friends. It was great to get to speak to my love again. While speaking to him, we sorted out train times for him coming over for the weekend.

I also spoke to Matthew on the phone to sort out, us going to Pride on Saturday in London. My boyfriend Rob, Matthew and me are all going down. It should be great fun, it will be my boyfriends first ever Pride and Mathew's first big one.

I said good-night to my Rob at about 12:30am, because going to bed.

Rob, Matthew and me went to London Pride, we all had a great time.

More on this soon indeed. I still have to write it up, check out my boyfriends version of the day, on his website at http://punkafish.tripod.com.

My boyfriend Rob and me got up at 8:30am. We both had showers, then got both of us ready for Matthew coming around. As we had all arranged to go to Alton Towers for the day. Matthew, being himself, was late. He said he would be here between 9:00am and 9:30am. But he did not get to my place till about 10:00am, but at least he phoned to say that he would be late. I guess it was his female friend's fault, who also come with us. I feel so bad as I don't even remember her name. I never have been good with names.

We all set off from my place in Little Bytham at about 10:30am. Matthew very nicely drove us all their. It took us about 1 hour and 1/2 hours to get there, which is not too bad at all, because the journey was about 70 miles in total.

So we got there for about 11:30am. We parked the car in car park G, just in case you wanted to know. We then got the monorail to the entrance, you could walk to the entrance, but it would have taken a while and no point really since the monorail is free and it gets you there nice and fast.

Once at the entrance we all had to pay £27, to get in. Other then Rob who had to only pay £12.50. I should have also got in for that, because I was his "helper", but the girl behind the desk, did not listen to me. Oh well, I don't mind. It's only money after all .

Once in we headed straight to the Black Hole, because it's a good warm up ride, to get you in the mood for going on all the bigger scarier ones. I had been on it before, but not since the last time I went to Alton Towers, which was a long time ago. I really like the Black Hole. It's really fun, because most of it's in the dark, so you have no idea what will be coming next on it.

Once off the Black Hole, we joined the next queue. This time for the Oblivion. I love the Oblivion, it's a great ride. We all sat in the front row, which is the best place to be on if you ask me! For those who don't know what it is. I will just tell you now. When it opened, it was the world's first vertical drop roller coaster. It's reaches speeds of 110km per hour and reaches 4.5 G's.

Then we went to Pizza Hut to get food. The food was great, but then it always is from Pizza Hut. We, me and Rob, both that a Margherita pizza and to drink we both had a Pepsi.

Once we all had eaten our food, which filled a big hole. We then headed to the Nemesis, which I still think is one of the best rides at Alton Towers. I love the way we go upside down and all over the place on it.

We then headed to the River Rapid, at first we were going to go on Air. But the queue was way to long for it. It was saying over 100 minutes. So if we had waited, we would not have got to go on anything else. So we headed to River Rapid. I had never been on it, before. I really liked it, even with getting very, very wet on it! I think it was Matthew who got the wettest on it. The look on his face was so funny .

Then from the River Rapid, we then more or less ran to the Air ride, to get in the queue before they stopped letting people join it. We got there just in time. We were some of the last lot to get in the queue. We had to wait in the queue for about 1 hour max, I would say. Which was not 2 bad at all, because the sign said the wait was about 100 minutes. The ride was very good indeed. If was my first time being on it. If you have never been on it, before I would recommend it.

Once off the ride, it was time to go home, because it was after 6:00pm and the park had closed. We all had a great day out. I would like to say, a big, big thank-you to Matthew and his friend for asking us to both go. I can see myself going again, in the very near future.

Rob and me got back home at about 8:00pm. Once back home, we had something to eat, which watching Neighbours. Just then spend the rest of the evening on the net and telling each other now much we love each other .

Rob and me got up at about 10:30am. We then both had showers. Then we played about on the Internet for a while, before taken the dog out for a nice long walk.

Once back from walking the dog. Rob and me got ready form going out a cycle. We went to the place were I take most of the wetsuit photos. While there we took photos of each other wearing sexy cycling suits. We kept on taken photos still the camera memory card was full. Then we back cycled back home.

Once back home. I turned the oven on. While it was heating up Rob and me looked at the photos that we had taken. Once the oven was ready I put two Pizza's in for Rob and me. While they were both cooking, I started to get my bad picked for cycling into work. Once the food was ready, eat it while watching Neighbours.

Then I got on my bike and cycled all the way to work. I was a bit late in leaving the house. I did not get on my bike till about 4:25pm. I would have got to work on time, if it had been for the fact that I had to wait for about 10 minutes at the rail crossing on the road between Uffington and Barnack. I have been over the crossing many times and never had to wait for any train to go past. I had to wait for three trains. One Central Train and two EWS trains.

Once I got to work at about 6:10pm. I did all the normal setting up. Lucky I did not have much to do, because only about 20 tables were in use. It was a bit of a boring nite, because most people had just one drink that lasted them all night. The only people that were drinking at lot, were some people on the bottom row.

I was glad when the night was over and I put my bike in the back of Mark's car, then drove back home. Where my sexy boyfriend Rob was waiting for me.

Rob and me woke up at about 12:00pm. Then we both had showers then we both played about on the Internet for a while, before going out a walk with the dog. Pebbles was so happy to be taken a walk, she had not been out a good walk, for a while because the weather has not been great for the past number of days.

Once back I did some housework while Rob played about on the Internet for a while. Then I cooked Rob and me some lunch. We had a half a Pizza each.

Once we had eaten our Pizza lunch. I took Rob to the train station in Stamford. So he could get the train back home. Of course I did not really want him to go back home, but he does have to go home once in a while.

Once I got back home, I gave the inside of Mark's car a good clean out. Then I just played about on the net and watched stuff on TV.

In evening Mark and me went to the Castle Inn, in the next village of Castle Bytham for something to eat, it's the first for a while that we have both been there. The food was great as always.

Once back from the pub I spoke to my bf Rob on-line and played about on the Internet for a while.

Then I went to bed and watched Holby City that I recorded last Tuesday, but had only just got around to watching it. Then I watched a program called "Ultimates" that I had recorded off of the Discovery channel earlier in the evening. Tonight's one was all about Ultimate Thrill Rides. It was, very, very good indeed. Three of the rides showing on the program, I had been on and there were all at Alton Towers. The rides were Enterprise, Oblivion and Air. The only bad thing about the program was that it did not have subtitles on it. Because I think that Rob would have really liked it.

By the time I had watched both Holby City and Ultimates it was about 2:00am. So I turned off my computers and went to bed.

I got up at about 11:00am. I then downloaded all my crap emails. I do really need to find a good free SPAM checker. Then I started to go though all the job emails on my computer that have been building up. Then I went onto the job search website's that I know of. I only found two jobs, that both looked good. So I send my two off to both of them. I doubt I will hear anything from them. It's a start, in the next day or two I will really need to update my CV, it's out of date to say the least.

When the post turned up, I was happy because the "Scissor Sisters" album that I had ordered from Play.com on Monday turned up. So I spend a good while listening to it. It's very good indeed. Knowing me, I will now have it on, till I am fed up with it, because I have listened to it, too much.

Then I watched Neighbours on BBC1. It was so good today. I really can't wait to Friday to see what happens next. If you have not been watching it, then you really don't know what your missing.

Then after Neighbours I had a shower, yes very bad I know. Not having one will about 2:15pm. Oh well your only young once. Then after the shower, I just spend the rest of the afternoon playing about on the Internet.

Then at about 6:00pm. I went out a walk with the dog. It had not rained all the day, but the second I went out with the dog it started. I was not very happy at all.

Once back I did some DIY, I put my Hi-Fi's front speakers up on the wall. Because I don't like having them on the floor.

Then I phoned up my Mum and Dad to see, if they got there ADSL (broadband) set-up today. Which they did, going by what my Dad says, he really likes it and so does my Mum, because she has now got the phone line back. I also like it, because I know that I get though to my Mum and Dad a lot easier now, when I phone home.

Then I spend most of the rest of the evening, speaking to my Rob on-line.

Rob and me both got up at about 10:30am. Then we both had showers. Once we had both done in the bath room. We then both went on-line to check our email and also to see what the BBC Weather website said the weather had in store for us today. It said it was going to be mainly dry and sunny, with thundery showers later on in the day.

After we had both had some lunch, I came up with the idea of putting our bikes in the back of the car then driving to Rutland Water for a cycle. Rob said yes it was a good idea. I don't think at the time, he had worked out that we were going to cycle the whole way around. Once we got to the Whitwell Car Park, I paid the £2 parking for the day. Then we got our bike out of the car. Then off we went.

The Rutland Water cycle was new to both of us. I have been thinking about doing it for a while. But had never got around to it. And also did not really want to do it, all by myself. It really was a great cycle, because most of it, is off road, it's also very well sign posted the whole way aound to stop you from getting lost.

We did the cycle in just over one and half hours. Which is not too bad, because the cycle was just over 16 miles. It was the longest cycle what Rob has done in his whole life. So he did very, very well indeed. While doing the cycle we stopped a number of times, mainly for Rob catch his breath, after going up some big (well big for him) hills, to me it was like a walk in the park. We also stopped a number of times to take photos and of course kiss and tell each other that we love each other.

So we hope had a great time at Rutland Water. I think it was great way to spend our 5 month anniversary together. Far better than seating inside all day and watching TV.

Once back from Rutland Water we both washed our bikes, because they were both coved in mud. We then also both had showers to get the mud off, of our self's. Then I cooked us both some dinner.

Then we spend the rest of evening just having fun, not going to say what the fun was of course. And of course making the rest of our five month anniversary special.

Oh and some other good news. I have got things sorted out with my Mum and Dad after having a bit of a falling out with them Sunday nite.

I got up at about 10:30am. Then played about on the Internet for a while and downloaded all my emails. Then I had a shower.

Once I have done in the shower. I sorted out the spreadsheet that I use to keep a list of the people who have given donations to my wetsuitlads website. Then I spend a number of hours uploading photos of Jon wearing a sexy cycling lycra skinsuit. I know it's called wetsuitlads so it should only have wetsuits on it, but then I think that cycling gear is sexy too, it's also nice and tight two, which also helps.

Once I had sorted out my wetsuitlads website. I went a cycle to Tallington. I did the cycle in 1 hour 35 minutes. Which is not bad going for a 23 mile cycle. When I got back I was very hot and sweaty. It was a very, very hot day, I always find that I cycle a lot faster when it's hot.

Once back from the cycle, I had a quick bit to eat, before going to Stamford to pick for my boyfriend Rob from the train station. His train got in at 6:12pm, so it was only two minutes late, which is not 2 bad I guess.

Once back to my place we kissed and hugged for a while. Before walking up to The Willoughby Arms, with Mark and the dog to get food. We all seat outside, was a good idea at the time, but it was cold. We would have gone and seat inside, but we could not because we had the dog with us.

Once back from the pub. Rob and me watched the rest of the first series and the whole of the second series of "As Time Goes By" on DVD. Since we watched so much of it, we did not end up getting to bed will about 3:30am.

Rob and me got up at about 11:30am. We then both had showers. We had to spend most of the day inside, because it did nothing but rain all day long. The one time the rain did go off, we went out to walk the dog, but the second we got outside it started to piss it down. So we did not get that far before turning back.

Since we did not want to spend the whole day inside. Rob came up with the idea of going to the cinemas to see Spider-Man 2. So I texted Matthew and asked if he also wanted to go. He texted back saying that was a good idea and asking what time it was on at. So I phoned him up, sorting things out over the phone is a lot easyer then sending lots and lots of text messages back and forwards. So we set 6:45pm as the place time for him to get here, which give us 45 minutes to get to Peterborough.

Matthew got to my place died on 6:45pm. Which is good for him. Most times he is bit late. We set off at about 6:50pm. It took as a good while to get to Peterborough, I had never seen anything like it before. The roads were so wet, it was like we were driving up a river and not the road. We got to the Showcase Cinemas in Peterborough at about 7:40pm. So we were 10 minutes late, for the start of the film, but it worked out well because we did not have to seat through all the adverts at the start of the film.

The film started more or less the second we seat down to watch it. It was a very, very good film indeed. It was a lot better then the first Spider-Man, if you ask me. This one had a lot more action in it, then the first one did. I also liked it more because you got a lot more close-up shots of him in his Spider-Man suit. You got great views of his bum more then once in film. You also got great views of his front half. I can't wait till it comes out on DVD, I am going to have great fun with pause button.

I just wish I had the money to get a Spider-Man suit. I could have great fun in it! To say the least. It would also make some great photos, for my website's :P. Maybe some nice person will read this and give me the money for getting one, or better still the Spider-Man suit!!! We can all dream!

Once we got out of the cinemas lucky the rain had mainly stopped. So driving back home was a lot safyer then it was getting there. Once back to my place Matthew picked up his DVD's that he give me to watch a while ago, then he went back home.

Rob and me got up at about 11:00am. Then we both had showers. Then we got dressed then I drove us both into Stamford town centre. While in Stamford Rob and me went to the main Post Office town, so that he could get his disability living allowance. We were lucky that they accented this Young Persons rail card as ID. If they had not, he would have had to wait till he got back home to Rugby to get it. Then once we were done at the Post Office we then went to Woolworths so that he could get the Kingdom Hospital DVD box set.

Once we were done in the town centre we Morrisons to get some food. I was well happy when we were there, I found that they do flat satses, so of course we had to get them.

Once back from Stamford. Rob cooked us both some flat states. They were very, very nice indeed. It made me feel like I was at home in Scotland.

Once I we had eating them. I went out a cycle to Tallington and back. I have a hell of lot of cycling to catch, since my bike had been off the road for well over one week.

Then in the evening I was working at the Peterborough Greyhound Stadium. It was a OK night. It was a bit boring once the mad rush at the start of the night had ended. Once done at work, while driving back home I calling in at Tessco to get myself some sweets.

Once back at home. Rob and me watched The Smoking Room. If you have not seen it before then you really don't know what your missing. I just hope that at some point that we get to whos this post room Ben, that Robin the gay one is always going, on and on about.

Then we watched the 1st episode of Kingdom Hospital, which was very, very good indeed. I can't wait to see the next episode. By the time it had finished we did not get to sleep till about 3:30am.

Sunday - 22rd August 2004

ROB AND ME HAVE BEEN GOING OUT FOR HALF AN YEAR

Rob and me have now been going for half an year. To me it only feels like yesterday that we started to go out. What a great half a year it's been. We have already done lots of great things together and have some great memory's. I can see us both being together for a long time. So far we have only a number of very small fall out's. And we have sorted them all out, relationship is getting stronger and stronger all the time.

Today I wanted to do something different. Since Mark was using his car to see his Mum and Dad there was not a long we really could do. But of course I come up with an idea. And that idea was to paint the bath room. The paint was in the house already so all that Rob and me had to do was to paint.

We we first started putting on the paint I was not 2 sure if I liked it or not, but by that time it was too late, to change our minds. But by the time we had put the second cost on it. I was really starting to like to. But then anything would look better then what it looked like before.

We did not tell Mark what we were up to, but lucky when he got back him. He really liked it and said it looked a hell of a lot better.

Even more good come out of Rob and me doing the painting, it put Mark in a clean the house mood. By the time he had stopped he had put about 6 bags of junk outside for the bin men.

So over all Rob and me had a great half year anniversary. Our first anniversary of many all going well.

I wake up at about 11:00am. I then got out of bed, feed Pebbles. When I looked outside I was not happy at all. The weather forecast said it was going to be another hot and sunny day, just how wrong they were. So I just turned on my laptop then got back in bed. What I did before I got a wireless network for my laptop, I have no idea. It's going to be great in the winter. Getting to stay in bed and surf the net and keep nice and warm at the same time.

While I was in bed I played about on the Internet and watched a program called "How the Twin Towers Collapsed" on the Discovery channel. It was very was a very good program indeed. I found out lots and lots of things that I did not know before watching it. After it finished I played about on the Internet for some more.

I did not get out of bed still about 1:00pm. Yes I know very bad of me. Someone my age should know better. Once out of bed I had a shower. I just finished in the shower, just in time to watch Neighbours on BBC1.

Once I had watched Neighbours I had something to eat. Then I played on the net some more. I was hoping the weather outside would get better, but it just did not happen. But about 5:00pm, I give up any hope it would get any better. So just made up my mind to go out on my bike. No way was I going to let the weather stop me getting out on my bike.

Once I got back from my 1 hour 15 minutes cycle. I had a quick wash and change then Mark and me went to Morrisons to do a food shop. On the way back from Morrisons we called in at Currys to have a look at Fridge Freezers. Other looking around for about 5 minutes. We made up our minds to get a Hotpoint one. Currys said we will get it Saturday (11th September). I can't wait till we get it, it will mean I don't have to drive to Morrisons so much to get food.

Once back from Morrisons I speak to my Mum and Dad for a while. Then chatted to my Rob and find out about his first full day at college. Then went to bed at about 1:00am.

I got up at about 12:00pm. I was hoping to get up sooner but for some reason I did not sleep 2 well last night. I was still awake about 4:00am. I really hate it when that happens. Once out of bed, I had a shower. Then as normal I played about on the Internet for a while.

At about 1:00pm I went out a walk with Pebbles. I got back just in time to watch Neighbours. Then I had something to eat, then played about on the net for a while longer. Before going out a cycle on my bike. I went to Tallington and back. By the time I got back from my cycle, I had to get ready for work. Then Paul very nicely give me a life in. I would normal drive myself in, or got with Mark, he was going training somewhere else, so I could not use his car.

It was bit of boring night at work really. There was only about 27 tables in, which is nothing at all. Most of them did not have much to drink at all.

I was just glad when work was over and I could get back home. Once home I played about on the net and updated this website.

I got waken up at about 8:30am by Mark ringing the land line number in my room, so he could get me to look in the office and find someone's number that he needed. I would normally not mind 2 much at getting waken up then, but for some reason I did not get to sleep till gone 4:00am last night. I tired my best to get back to sleep, but by about 10:00am, I give up, so I ended up getting out of bed.

I could not really do much today, because I had to stay in till the Fridge Freezer, turned up. Now I am going to show up my age. I think I did not get much sleep last night, because I was getting exicted about getting the Fridge Freezer.

The Fridge Freezer come at about 1:30pm. I was really pissing myself while they, were bring it, into the kitchen, because they had a hell of a job getting in it. But they got it in, in the end and in one bit 2.

Once they had gone, I had great fun removing it from it's box, then moving it into it's new home, then turning it on.

Once I had fully sorted out the Fridge Freezer. I then had a shower, because you know what it's like if I had a shower at 10:00am, when I got up they would have turned up when I was in the shower. Once I had the shower, I cooked myself some food, before taken the dog out a walk.

Once I got back from walking the dog, it was time to get ready and go to work. It was the night from hell at work. Because the Tote betting system in the Restaurant did not work. They also tired the backup system, but it would also not work. So in the end they had to go back to using the old system. Because of all this the first race ended up being about 30 minutes late. They also not to teach some of the waiting staff now to use the old Tote betting system, because you need more people to run it.

Both bars were also mad, people did not stop drinking all night long. It was like a Christmas night, got mad. Even at Christmas it's not normally so busy. We also sold 53 bottles of wine, coming to £569.75. That may not sound a lot, because it does mean that I have to walk from bar 1 to the wine bar about 50 times. So by the end up the night, it does mean that you have done one hell of a lot of running about.

Because the first race was late, it meant that all the races were late. On a normally Saturday night we would be done by 11:15pm, but we did not get done till about 11:45pm.

I was so glad when I was back home. Once back home I watched Casualty it was really great, but then Casualty always is. I will just have to make sure that I don't mess the second half of it Sunday night.

I went to bed about 2:00am.

I got up at about 12:00pm. Then jumped straight in to the shower. There was no hanging around this morning, as I had a great deal to do. Because I am going up to Scotland tomorrow for ten days. To look after the family dog Ghille, while they are off on there holidays. I can't remember where they are going to, so I will need to ask them when I get there.

Once out the shower, I turned the on the oven to cook my lunch. While the oven was warming up, I went into the back garden and give the grass a cut.

Once I had cut the grass I cooked my food. While it was cooking, I copied the email program that I use over to the laptop, so that I can download my emails while up in Scotland.

Then I had my lunch while watching Neighbours on BBC1. Then I took the dog out a walk, we both did not go too far, because of how windy it was.

Once back from walking the dog. I went out a 10 mile cycle on my bike. I went to Castle Bytham via Creeton, Swinstead and Swayfield. Which is just a bit of a long way to cycle to Castle Bytham, but it turns what would normally be a 4 mile cycle into a 10 mile one.

Once back from my cycle. I spoke to my BF Rob on Yahoo! Messenger for a while. Before making a start on getting packed for going to Scotland, in the morning.

Then at about 5:30pm. Mark and me left Little Bytham to go to the Peterborough Greyhound Stadium for a fun evening for work. Yes, OK now I am taking the piss. It was one of the most boring nights I had never had there. It was even more boring then last night was. I was so glad when the night was over.

Once back home I packed the rest of my stuff for going to Scotland. Then had some flat sausages to eat, before going to bed at about 1:00am.

My day started about 8:00am. Which is not like me at all, but I had to get out of bed so early because Mark was teaching an Advanced Food Hygiene course in Peterborough which started at 9:00am. Since I had no other way of getting to the train station, I did not have much choice at all. I guess the early morning will have done me some good, better then saying in bed for half the day I guess.

Once in Peterborough I helped Mark get things already for him to teaching the course. Then I took his car to drop off a box for a mailing that he doing, about some of the courses that he is running. Then I went to Sainsbury's to get stuff to drink and eat on the train.

Then I had to hang around the Peterborough Greyhound Stadium till about 11:15am. When Andy the promotions manager at the dog track, very nicely give me a lift from the stadium to the train station. It did mean that I got to the train station a bit early, but that's far better then being late!!

Once at the Peterborough train station I could not believe how much better it looked then the last time I was there. They have a new ticket office and are in the progress of redoing the toilets.

While I was waiting at the train station waiting for the 11:45am GNER train I had some cute guys to look at. For some reason you always get a lot of them at the train station, but you never see any fit guys walking around Peterborough City Centre. In less of course I am walking around with my sexy BF Rob, because he is fit :P.

The train turned up died on time, but then it would do as it's GNER after all. I was hoping to get one on their new Mallard trains, but no luck. But saying that they do only have eight of them so far. I just hope, that I have more luck on the way down and get one of the new ones.

Once on the train at long last I have this website a good update, including what your reading right now and just watching all the great views that you get on the East Coast mainline.

While the train was sitting in Newcastle train station I was very happy indeed, because we pulled in next to one of GNER's new Mallard trains and my wireless network card found the wireless network on the train. Which means that one day, when I get one of the new Mallard trains, I can get to surf the Internet on it. Which sounds well cool, if you ask me!!

When I got into Glasgow Central train station my Mum and Dad were there waiting for me, to get me a lift back to Killearn. Of course when it being sunny Glasgow, of course it was pissing it down, so we all got a bit wet while walking to the car park.

Once back home I connected my laptop via the wireless network to my Mum and Dad's ASDL connect. It's so fast, I really can't wait till I get it in Little Bytham, in England.

Once I had played about with the broadband for a while. My Mum, cooked Dad and of course me tea. It was very, very nice indeed. So thanks Mum, for being a great cook.

Not long after eating my younger brother Craig got back home. It was great to see him again, as I have not seen him since Rob and me went up to Scotland back in April.

I then just spend the rest of the evening speaking to my Rob on-line and playing about on the Internet and of course doing more work to this website.

I got up at about 11:00am. Then I went and woke up Ghillie the dog and let him out into the back garden. Then I went and had a nice long hot shower. Then I started the fun job of making sure that I had everything packed for going back down to England. It always takes me longer to get my stuff packed for going back down. Mainly because I have to make sure that I do not forget anything. Most things no mather how much I check, I always forget at least one thing.

Once I had checked that I had everything packed, other then my laptop of course. Because I have to leave that to the last minute, so that I still have something to do while sitting around the house. I then cooked myself some lunch, I had it while watching Neighbours on BBC1 Scotland.

Then I went out a walk with the dog down the cow field, as it's locally known. We both got a bit wet. Ghillie was wet all over and my feet got very wet to say the least. So once we were back home, I dryed the dog. Then I turned on the fire in the sitting room to dry my shoes off. I did not like the idea of having to seat on a train later, with wet shoes on.

Then I spend the rest of the afternoon, playing with the dog, listening to Runrig and of course playing about on the Internet, while waiting for my brother Craig very nicely to come and give me a lift to Glasgow to get the 6:00pm train.

Craig got back home at about 4:45pm, after spending a night at his girlfriends flat in Glasgow getting pissed. In come in helped me put my bags in his car, then he give me a lift back into Glasgow. So thanks, very, very, very much Craig from saving me from having to use the local bus service.

He dropped me off just outside the Royal Concert Hall at about 5:25pm. I then walked from their, down to Glasgow Central train station. When I got to the train station the GNER Mallard 225 train was already there waiting.

When got on the train, I just could not believe now nice the new GNER Mallard trains are. It's the first time that I have been on one. They is so much more leg room and the seats and lighting is so much better. You can now even plug your laptop or mobile phone in, so you will never get a flat battery again.

The train left Glasgow Central died on time. But of course, it is GNER later all. While the train was pulling out of the station, we passed a BBC Scotland news team. Which I found very funny to say the least. Because they were out filming the new Virgin train service. That should take up to half an hour off the journey time from Glasgow to London. But the flagship "Royal Scot" could not even get to Carstairs before having a wheel problem. So it had to travel at 50mph instead of 110mph down to Carlisle when it then terminated. So pour people ended up getting in London, about 2 hours late. Oh well it is Virgin trains after all. Anyone would think that I don't like them. Which may be true, but just tell everyone that. But I do hope that they get things fully sorted out. The more people get out of there cars and use trains the better.

Now back to my journey.. By the time I got to Motherwell I was already making use of the plug next to my seat (Coach C, seat 49A). Since one of the battery's for my laptop is getting old. It does not last for long, so plugged my laptop in. Knowing I could get to it for the rest of the journey without having to worry about it going flat is great.

The only bad thing about the whole journey was sitting at the emergency window, in the middle of the coach, which in some ways is a bit off putting. But at least you know if something did go wrong, at least you would have a way off the train.

I spend the rest of the journey writing up this news bit, watching the second seasons of My Family on DVD and of course listening to MP3s.

The train got into Peterborough train station about 5 minutes last. I could not beelive it when I got there, because Mark was already wainting in the car, for me. Which is not like him at all, most times he is late in getting me.

Once I got back home I un-packed all my stuff, then played about on the Internet for a while, before going to bed.