Hi!

I know, I know, this was supposed to go out yesterday. But I’m running late for one good reason and one bad one.

The good reason:

My brother and his family came over from Abu Dhabi last Saturday to stay at my mum’s, so I went up to visit on Sunday. I spent the vast majority of the week training martial arts with his two young kids. I brought a big bag of swords for them to have a go with, though we spent most of the time punching, kicking, and wrestling.

And my whole body hurts. Little fists are sharp. And little children quite rightly do not hold back. So I was simply too busy having too much fun to write much. The picture below gives the general sense: the nattily-shod foot belongs to my eldest nephew, but it was usually me in that position.