Pain & Strain

Well, what an enjoyable little break that was. I've been back a week now following our trip home to Devon. Stayed for 7 days at my Mum & Dad's in Teignmouth. Every day was a hectic social whirl (bar the first Monday, which involved appointments with our dentist in Dawlish). Managed to catch up with our many friends by nipping out for drinks, meals etc. It now seems a long, long time ago. I had planned to update this blog during last week but on my 2nd day back at work (Tuesday) I managed to strain my back. Following the failure to materialize of my allocated minibus (I still don't know where it got to!) I was instructed to take a vehicle stationed on the annexe at Workington bus station. As the air temperature was about 1 degree above freezing it was not a good day to be given a vehicle in which the heater was non-functional. After 2 hours driving this mobile fridge the fact that my core body temperature was lower than a snake's belly surely contributed to the pulling of the muscle as I reached to retrieve my driver's bag from below the seat. I continued to drive to the end of my shift but I'd completely seized up by the following morning. I've had to take 3 days off, something I was loath to do with this being a new job, to try and recover. Fortunately last week's rest days were Sat. & Sun. and the first of this week's is Mon. Hopefully I'll be fit for duty on Tuesday (4.25 am start!) As a consequence of this malaise today is the first time I've been able to sit in my computer chair for more than 2 minutes at a time. I've put a couple of photo's on from sunny Devon, as well as one I took today in not-so-sunny Cumbria!