For those that have been following my coronacrisis blog the good news is that sleeping arrangements are back to normal and Oscar the Dog despite lots of huffing and puffing is back in his own bed. Nights are certainly more restful, although I sometimes still hear the ghostly creak of floor boards as he takes himself off for a drink of water halfway through the night.

At this stage Borisolation isn't going too bad for me personally, in fact there are some significant advantages. I am fortunate that I can work from home, which means there are no 5:30am starts and no 2 hour each way commute into London and back. I wake up naturally, head downstairs, take Oscar for a walk, coffee and toast then start working in the study. If you have to work it's about as perfect as you can get. I must admit though my personal hygiene standards have gone out of the window. I can go several days without having a shower or a shave, it's just that at this stage, I've not managed to build it into my new routine. It's only when my wife starts opening windows and Oscar takes one sniff then walks away that I think maybe I need to make time to freshen up.

The walk starts in Water Lane which is off Northorpe Lane in Thurlby. Walk up Water Lane and turn right along the track.(You are crossing over the disused Essendine and Sleaford railway line, although it's not particularly evident here you can walk along stretches of this line if you follow Wood Lane towards Bourne)

Follow this track until you come into an open field. Continue walking in the same direction, towards a line of trees, and cross over a small plank bridge and then over a second plank bridge. When you reach a track turn left.

Bring the pub to you

Well, since my last blog post I've fully recovered from what I believe was Coronavirus. It's difficult to know for certain that I've had the virus, as there is no routine testing, but I've pretty much followed the sequence of expected symptoms apart from a persistent cough. It took until day 5 for me to feel back to my usual self, most of the symptoms passed within the first 3 days, but I was just left feeling very tired, I don't think I've slept so much or so well for a long time.

My recovery was confirmed by my wife who said "you must be feeling better you are back to your belligerent and cantankerous self", now I'd like to think this was an expression of endearment rather than any personal feedback, but if not at least Oscar the Dog appears happy to see me up and about especially as his walk schedule is now back on track.

I knew Thursday wasn't going to be a great day when I managed to trip up in the car park and fall full length, as I was rushing to get the train to work. For a moment or two I was like a beached whale, but I managed to bounce back up. Why is it even at 6:30 in a morning there is always someone there watching, "are you all right?", "yes, yes I'm fine thank you", although I'm not quite sure where the follow on line came from, "I must still be pissed from last night" I said as I picked up my car keys, and brushed myself down, they gave me an odd look and disappeared.

Well it only feels like two minutes since we were saying our goodbyes at the airport as the girls set off on their backpacking adventure. But all good things must come to an end (or money can only stretch so far) and after four months travelling up the East coast of Australia, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam, visiting some absolutely  stunning places they have decided to hang up their backpacks (for now) and bring their washing home.To be honest I've lost track of everywhere they've visited, but what an experience it's been for them and it's certainly opened my eyes to visiting some countries that previously I just wouldn't have considered.

Look I'm no football expert, never claimed to be, but I do have a passion for Sheffield Wednesday. As fans we only need to have a bad run and we are doomed, win a couple and we are world beaters. But as managers come and go the one thing that puzzles us all, is that without a doubt for several years now the club and this core squad of players have been under achieving. It very much feels to me that this season both in the boardroom and on the pitch things are coming to a head.