^ You're not wrong Stumpy, but I can't leave until my 15 days after vaccination is up. This new Omicron is a real worry... if things close down again over the next week I have no idea when I'll get home. Fingers crossed.

To be honest I've had enough now and want to get moving. It's great of course to see my mum and at 85 there's obvious worries every time I leave, but my home is in Thailand now.

I'm remembering why I first left the UK all those years ago... my work always finished around this time of year and who wants to spend the winter off in the UK? Today it's been windy and cold all day long. The crows loved it.



Also I can feel the weight I lost slowly coming back on. I can't understand it because I'm eating healthy but the weather is limiting exercise I guess.

A little snack for my tea!



I've also noticed that I'm farting like a trooper since I came back to the UK. They're real wiffy too... it must be all the boiled veg my mum's feeding me on. Bella doesn't know if she's coming or going... my mum keeps sticking her out in the garden, poor thing.

Another thing... I don't really get the opportunity to wear my new Charlie Harper bowling shirt in a wintry Somerset. Roll on my Bangkok quarantine!



I've had a strange request from my mum... since my Grandad died in 1989 she's been keeping his favourite line of plants going by taking cuttings every few years. Now she wants me to continue the line, and wants me to take a few cuttings back to Thailand. No problem I guess... but will these grow in the tropics?



Oh well... one week to go... one more week of watching abysmal TV every night and sneaking slugs of whisky in my tea. I won't miss the UK I must admit.