Saw the doctor yesterday. She told me I have a 7 millimetre gallstone ( which I am leaving alone for the moment) high blood pressure and a fatty liver due to being overweight.( Not as overweight as
she is mind..
)
So, as I wasn't at work today and there was a thick frost this morning, I went swimmimg.
I went to the 9a.m. Ladies Only session. I like that session; not only is it quiet and calm, but most of the ladies will not see forty again, and none of them are built like Elle McPherson. Tell a lie; there was a twenty year old wearing a white bikini who I think was training for the Olympics, but the less said about her the better. Sorry boys.
The last time I went swimming was in the Caribbean, and, try as I might, I could not convince myself that I was back there.
There are just too many differences: the water smells of chlorine, you can only go up and down the length of the pool, there are no fish, no pelicans flying overhead, no waves, no reef to scratch your legs on when a wave picks you up and drops you down, and no sandflies. Ha!
There are trees visible through the windows, but in all truth, they aint coconut palms! And I had to pay to get in of course.
Still, I felt most virtuous afterwards, and it's done me good mentally, at least, even if I did forget my shower gel and hairbrush. I sat in the coffee bar afterwards smelling of chlorine and looking like a soggy scarecrow.
Next time I go swimming I'll take a friend so I can borrow her hairbrush and shower gel!
Yes I only had coffee I promise! And a small banana and a mango for lunch. Now
I've just got the evening to get through without over indulging....
Don't worry, I promise I won't bore you rigid with a day by day account of my new fitness regime! Don't you just
hate those sort of people?
Bye for now!
Noe McPherson
Could you offer to share your luggage allowance as well as your cullinary talents 
