What's On

Grace is working all week and I'm supposed to be studying, but I'm finding it difficult. Grace is getting a root canal on Friday morning and then we're taking a train up to the Peak Distict, a big national park in the heart of England. We'll spend the weekend in a remote rural hostel and do some walking in the dramatic scenery.

I've been getting really into hill-walking, which is the proper name for this activity. I've got topographical maps, a compass and I'm learning me some navigation skills. This new interest is not making studying economics easier.

Our bikes have been ravaged by the weather and the chains turned brown from rust. For about a week I kept saying I would scrub them clean with a toothbrush (my brother left his here) and then grease them up. I never did it though and my transformer (not sure if that's what it's called - it's the thing on the back wheel that makes you shift) crumpled up one day. I took it to the Bike man and he installed a new one and cleaned the chain. So now the motivation to clean the chains is lessened and Grace still has an ugly brown chain.

We've been happily active though now that everyone is returning to town. Tonight I go to get trained for a radio show - stay tuned for more information. I'm actually really worried because there was no interview to get the gig, no form to fill out about my music tastes. I think those are clues that I'm signing up to be a glorified computer babysitter and I won't have any actual input. And that's a shame because there's so much music I want to play.

Anyway, if that's the case, I won't be finishing the training. But, if all goes well, I'll be co-DJing a show with a British friend of ours.