Everybody hates Mondays – don’t they? Well I’m not sure that I do. It’s pretty much like any other day really, except you can bring back memories of the weekend. I’m hoping for you, they are good memories. Somebody said to me on Saturday “isn’t the weather dreadful”? To which I replied “well…as long as I’m kitted out right, I quite enjoy weather like this”. I heard that the Needles (a formation of rocks on the western edge of the Isle of Wight) lighthouse had recorded a wind speed of 100mph – I haven’t confirmed that, but it seems likely. A fair bit of rain fell as well. And although my trainers got wet, I did enjoy being out. You’ll have seen the pictures from yesterday’s blog I hope. It was a lovely day. It was frustrating at work. I like to go for a walk at lunchtime. Not today, it was very showery, and they were quite heavy, and of course one started just as I was due to go out, so I didn’t. Just a normal autumn day.

