A NEW BIKE....

Oh yes my babbers. Just taken delivery of a brand spanking new GT Zuma 4.0. After waiting patiently for the sales I finally got it for £270 (reduced from £350). What a difference it makes. It's a full on racing/mountain hybrid bike and riding it is incredible. Compared to my old mountain bike it's like going from a Ford Fiesta to an Aston Martin DB7. Everything about is designed to make riding as comfortable and smooth as possible and I reckon it'll improve my efforts ten-fold.

Training is still going OK, now I have the new bike I shall really start to ramp it up and hope to be fitter than Kylie Minogues bottom by July.

Don't forget to get your tickets for the 'Evening With Ska'd'. You'll have a great night and be doing your bit towards helping out two very worthwhile charities.

At home Charlie has started taking football coaching at 'Andy Tuckers Supastrikers' on a Saturday morning. As a die hard rugby man you don't know how difficult this has been for me to take but to be fair he does really enjoy it, the coaching is great, and I'm sure by the time he hits 6 or 7 years old he'll realise that playing rugby is far more fun anyway. Unbeknown to Ali I've already told the pair of them that, as I had to quit playing at early age, I fully intend to 'live' through my sons and that they will both be turning out for the mighty Glaws. A pushy dad......moi?

Harvey continues to confound medical knowledge be having a seemingly bottomless stomach, he can eat for England and is not fussy either. Indeed if he doesn't turn out to be a prop forward I'll eat my hat! We gave him some Battenburg cake on Monday night and he just shoved the whole slice in his mouth and laughed his head off as he scoffed the lot. It was a sight to behold.

FINALLY.......AN UPDATE

Finally after what has seemed like an eternity I've managed to gain access to my Blog. I've been experiencing some technical difficulties but am sorted now.

First of all I'm now back on the bike after an extended break to reover from my back problems. The real training starts now and the wife is fully stocked up on Radox so that I don't moan at her about my aching limbs.

The really good news is that our charity fundraising gig has now been confirmed. In conjuction with Dizzie's trek around the Great Wall Of China I'd like to invite you all to attend 'An Evening With Ska'd'. A night of pure class Ska music from very good local 'two tone' band Ska'd. It's taking place at the Guildhall on Sat 23rd June and all proceeds will be split 50/50 between the Scoo-B-Doo appeal and Cancer Research. It should be a wicked night and I hope to see you all there. Tickets are a tenner a pop in advance or £12 on the night. Call the Guildhal ticket office for details on 01452 503050. If you want more details on the band just go to http://www.thisisskad.co.uk or http://www.myspace.com/thisisskad.

At home it seems the kids have been ill pretty much constantly since Christmas. We had one particularly bad week where the phrase 'projectile vomiting' has never been more apt. We did have a great time at Charlies 4th birthday party where I got roped into doing some magic tricks by the kids entertainer. A pic is attached.