What a day. Where to begin? It started so well. Pal phoned me at our agreed meeting place saying he would not be able to make it and I should meet him at his brother's house in Cite Planton. I agreed to take a taxi. His brother spoke excellent English as did his wife, Madagascar's Green queen who has spoken at conferences in Paris and, most recently at Copenhagen with plans to attend the UN conference in Cancun soon. They drove Pal and I to Charles' house. The sn...

When I was coming to yesterday with lovely receptionist and the owner the only reason I could think why I had had a hypo was that I must have slept in and missed my normal sugar intensive breakfast of two cups of filter coffee and a baton (half baguettte) of apricot jam and butter. I remember nothing from the morning so I assumed I had slept through. The owner said that he had knocked my dppr and spoken to me at 11 but I had no recollection. Nevetheless, to be on...

So, the first thing I remember about today is talking to a female doctor as she took my blood pressure at about 2.50p.m. Apparently I was wobbling around in reception and when I walked out the hotel owner tried to speak French to me and eventually twigged something was wrong and got the lovely receptionist who then took me to the doctor immediately across the road from the hotel which is handy. She sent for my test kit and I was 2.6 so I drank a bottle of Lucozad...

I managed somehow to miss last Sunday's training session although I did give Pal my observation from the match I watched: Rugby Key Points for Sabotny. Basic observation from match Saturday 18th Sept: Commitment, enthusiasm, fraternity, courage are all EXCELLENT. That is a huge advantage over many teams, Fitness is OK. We can work on it. Your weakness is acting without thinking ·For this team, a strong team, possession is more important than progressi...

Started the day in cleanliness mode with a haircut. It was getting too long especially in current temperatures which are approaching 30 everyday. During a one-to-one session with Heri yesterday I asked how does a man get his hair cut in this city of coiffeurs; where, how and how much does it cost. 3 minutes later Heri had booked me a visit from his barber at my hotel for 9.30 this morning. Job done. Renon arrived on the dot at 10.00 on his scooter. Up to my room...