First attempt to my new health regime

6.20 PM. Went into the pool (with glasses on – first time there, I wouldn’t have had a clue where to walk, go, swim or put my towel down without my glasses!). St. Johns is the town sports centre a bit further down the road from us. I’ve always known it was there, I’d just never actually been there.

7.10 PM. Sixty lengths and 1,5 kilometre further, I came out. I did surprisingly well considering I have not worked out for 6 months. Felt incredibly alive and full of energy even though my legs were a little wobbly and my left hand went in a spastic cramp for about half an hour.

7.45 PM. Arrival at Sainsbury’s to shop for delicious salad and healthy food. Walking through the crisps isle, Sarah and I were drawn to the half a price off offer of (talking about poetry!) Sensation crisps. Decided to buy 3 bags, all different flavours, so we could spread eating them over the next 3 weeks. Naughty.

8.10 PM. Climbed back in Beast. And then it happened. The Beast died. Not even a clunk, nothing. Phoned Stu to come to the rescue – thank god for having the Vectra at home. Thought about opening up the bonnet and pretending I knew what I was doing but decided against it.

8.15 PM. Still no Stu. Sarah and I were getting increasingly hungry…

8.20 PM. One Sensation bag of crisps down.

8.21 PM. Got rid of the evidence by throwing the bag in a bin at the other end of the car park.

8.30 PM. Stu arrives and decides the battery has had it. He manages however to jump start it with cables so I could drive home. However, if I was to stall the Beast, he would die again. Tremor and fears.

9.00 PM. Finally got to eat my lovely and healthy salad but felt surprisingly full after a few bites.