Doing This Gymnastic Routine Is So Easy...

I know you're all thinking hey that's so easy,
as you relax and enjoy the comfort of your sun loungers and reclining chairs.
But let me tell you, it's harder than it looks.
I went out and bought a pair of tight fitting shorts last week, called up a few of my friends, well all of them actually. I only had four. And said hey come on over, there's this really cool thing we can do together.
No nothing too kinky, just a bit of bonding.
Well it didn't turn out so well.
They are now either in hospital or traction or both. One of them, well never mind, and another is unable to move and when the other two come out of their comas we might be able to discuss our ongoing or not ongoing friendship.
And then there's my hernia...

Me And Renee. My First Love. Sixty Two Years Ago...

The year was 1951. I was born seven years earlier and Renee was five.
She was my first girlfriend.  My first love.
It was a pretty serious relationship.
Obviously we would have been married if life hadn't intervened and we'd forgotten all about each other.
I hadn't seen her or known anything about her until a few days ago.
She'd been advised to look at The Flying Tortoise blog as she and her husband had just bought their first housetruck.
She emailed me.
You won't remember me I expect. 
I was five or six and you were a couple of years older. Our mothers were good friends when we were children back in Eastbourne. Here's some photos of you and I at my parent's place in Totora Street.
Remember her! My first love!
As though it was yesterday...