Ferrari in the dust

Things generally continue to progress pretty well here, the big event of the week for me was our annual classic car show at Thirlestain castle. I have been going to this show for a few years with the MG club who compete for the best "single marque" display with the Triumph and other clubs however this year as well as having the MG at the show the Aston was pressed into service in a special forecourt in front of the castle. This was the "Dream Rides" section of the show where members of the public pay a donation (£30) to a children's charity in exchange for a ride in one of a number of exotic sports cars round an 11 mile street circuit. The Aston Martin lined up with racing Ferrari's, modern Ferrari's, Lotus sports cars, Bentley's and TVR's in a special paddock and I was kept pretty busy blasting around the circuit with a string of customers. Although it was overcast, the rain held off, so the roof was down the whole time, of course we were sticking to the speed limits and under no circumstances did the Aston complete a four car high speed pass on the straight to leave a pursuing modern Ferrari in the dust (I think he was in the wrong gear when we caught the other cars as his car is actually faster). Anyhow lots of folks from an 8 year old boy who was mad on James Bond, to middle aged housewives, seemed to get a kick out of the run, and a good deal of money was made for the charity. My friend Craig, who's MG is under restoration drove my car down but despite this effort we only got third in the club stand trophy.

By the end of the day I was quite tired out so took it easy last night, however, apart from being tired I seem to have picked up a tummy bug, probably a bad sandwich or meeting too many people, anyhow today will need to be spent in close range of a toilet! This is OK really as my body has to learn to cope with bugs gradually, so it is normal to push on a bit, like going to the show, and then to get a bit of an infection, as long as its not to serious and the body can cope it means it will be stronger for when I am travelling again and I need to be able to concentrate and turn up reliably for things. This is all part of the immune system re-learning its defenses against common bugs we encounter every day.

According to the doctors I am about one third through this process, they are recommending pretty strongly that I do not go back to work, other than for the odd meeting or phone call, until early August and so far I am sticking with their advice in the hope that when I go back in August, after a few weeks holiday, I can sustain a pretty normal working pattern. However I do feel the itchiness of boredum niggling at the edge of my mind now so I will just have to try to keep my discipline for another 8 weeks or so. I think a few lunch dates with colleagues when they are in the UK and the occasional phone call will start my reconnection to work during that time in a low key way.

So apologies to the readers as the blog continues to be a bit boring, this bit of the treatment process is in reality a bit boring, if it is going well, so I am happy to be unexciting and working through the daily routine of exercise and rest in a low stress environment. Long may it continue ! I am probably sticking to weekly updates now so do not worry if not much happens on the blog, if anything does go wrong I will let you all know so for now no news is good news.

Cheers

Gerry