Intro

Having been out of the race now for nearly two years I felt I should let you know that I haven't just been sitting on my 4rse getting fat. Apart from that I've also been

• obsessed with food: cooking, reading about cooking, eating, not so interested in reading about eating (as in restaurant reviews) as I'd rather be doing it myself;
  
• interested in bushcraft and the change of spirit that this has induced in me, looking after myself and doing things for myself, making things and adapting things that don't immediately fit the bill (I'm somewhat ashamed that it's taken nearly fifty years for me to find this attitude);
  
• blades of various kinds: I have two Gränfors Bruk axes now and more than enough fixed blade and folding knifes to shake a stick at;
  
• just now I'm also actually getting my head back into computering by offering advice on programming forums.
  

I'll tell you more about these activities and interests in future postings.