Slightly late, but....

.....here's the pic of me ready for the work crimbo do.  Scary.

Nearly time.

Tuesday is the work Christmas lunch.  Almost time to don the kilt and give my legs an airing.  Is Glasgow ready for the horror????

Bouldering competition

The climbing center held a bouldering competition on Friday, and I decided to give it a go.  First time I've entered something like this, and considering I've yet to nail a V3, I opted (sensibly) for the beginners category.
Needless to say, I didn't win, or come remotely close, but I had a hell of a lot of fun.

Me trying to defy gravity.

Weather in Glasgow, and Poundland fun

Well, the freeze has eased up, and there's a thaw well and truly underway.  This is good in that transport should get back to normal pretty quickly, and bad in that the underlying ice now has a layer of meltwater on top and it ridiculously slippy.

Another plus is that as long as the weather stays like this, I'll be able to wear my kilt to the Christmas night out on the 21st.  If it changes again.....well, what's the rules on kilts and long johns? :-)

On the way home the other night, I dropped into Poundland, and got a cracking couple of bargins.  Mario Bava's Bay of Blood, and the slasher flick Pieces, for £1 each.  Bargin :-)

Damn it's cold

Once again it snows and Scotland grinds to a halt.  We've had severe winters the last three years now, so why does it seem to come as a surprise to the councils, who excel at not being able to grit/clear the roads.
What the hell are we paying our council tax for?  Oh wait, in the case of Glasgow, it's to pay for junkets for the Grand High Heid Yins.

Back to karate

Well, that's me well and truly back at the karate after an absence of almost two months, due to club not being on due to lack of numbers, holidays, and laterly, illness.  So, while it's good to be back, it's a bit achey, but in a good way.

Having new instructors, gives a different slant on things, and I think they're more comfortable teaching than Michelle was, as they come over as being more confident, which in turn gives you a bit more confidence to try things.

It's all good.