MARCH 2026
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1 March 2026.

A very Good morning on the first day of March.

I was up at 4:30 am but got back in bed and dropped straight off.

That was after Julie asked me the time.

I'd looked at the luminous hands on my watch which sort of told me that it was 6:20 am.

Anyone can make a mistake!

Anyway, I got back up around 8:00 am and took the dog through the woods.

She's happy to be home and was as Happy as Larry and barking her head off when Julie pulled on the front drive with her in The Beast.

That soon changed when Julie took her on the patio with a bowl of hot water and a bottle of Head & Shoulders.

Whilst on a walk with our Jamie a couple of days ago she decided to have a roll about in some fox shit.

Take my word for it - fox shit absolutely stinks.

My job while she was doing it was to empty our green bin and dump the rubbish at the recycling centre - where some old biddy and her oversized daughter were blocking the entrance pontificating on which bit of rubbish goes in what skip.

I also took all the dog cover out of the car along with some old towels and dumped the lot. The car doesn't just want a clean but part-chopping for a newer vehicle.

"I'm not paying fifteen grand for a car just to horse the dog backwards and forwards," Julie stated.

That was after I pointed out a Mini Countryman or Clubman at the local dealers.

"The dog would like it," I replied.

So, after 12/13 hours travelling everything was back to normal.

They are very long days - and in another 20, we'll be flying back over again.

Our life is mad at times... and compared to 10-15 years ago, we have quietened down tremendously.

I did a Tesco shop yesterday evening, whilst uploading seven albums by Snow Patrol onto the B2. These are: Final Straw (2003); Eyes Open (2006); A Hundred Million Suns (2008); Fallen Empires (2011); Wildness (2018); as well as two compilations - Up To Now (2009) and Reworked (2019)

I'll give them a listen this week whilst I'm enjoying myself with the script.

I also designed some clothes. It's not something that I have done much, but I have done it.

Generally, it is school uniform.

Series 1 - Gaynor in the 40 Martyrs College; and in Series 2 - Jenny at the Christ Is King All Girl's School.

And that is another reason, whilst I am on Day 430.

It isn't just my day job holding me back - it is the fact that I have had to learn the animation process from scratch and learn to manipulating the 3D assets and produce poses... designing clothes is just another angle...

Check opposite. The tracky and the trainers...

Day 430 (2) 

Photograph Album

Jenny Mellor. Swimming

(Series 2). The 7-year-old Jenny Mellor towards the end of the series.

The little girl who along with her mum, was brought back to London by her dad, and who once home - embraced everything that WAS good.

Ana Reung took her to Taekwondo and Christie Gotleib learned her to swim. And she moaned like hell about doing both.

Nevertheless, she kept up with both sports.

Here she is at the London Aquatics Centre at Queen Elizabeth Park in East London.

It is a nice photograph as you can see her appearance changing as she gets older - mainly the third generation Eurasian appearance shining through.

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