Not Drinking Day 9

The first week was hardest; this week it's a tad boring but now there are benefits; deep sleep comes easily and stays for the full seven or eight hours, and I'm much more alert in the evenings. I also feel 'better' presumably because my aged superstructure isn't being deluged with sugary toxins night after night. A week and a half to go, but now I'm thinking, maybe I should do this for longer.

Nicest Day of The Year

It really was. The advantage of spending the Bank Holiday weekend locked up in the newsroom was escaping the following day to a largely deserted Henley. The sun blasted down as we trekked along the Thames then across fields and woods to Marlow. There was wildlife everywhere; a swan with her eggs, kites hunting above the trees and a thousand ducks in riotous assembly.