Well it’s been a hectic couple of weeks.

After the Superhero Fun Run I got home and that evening checked my work iPhone to find a panicky e-mail asking if I could make a black tie dinner on the Tuesday. So I got my DJ and dress shirt and headed into the office the next morning.

The occasion was the Harlequins’ End of Season Dinner at the Hurlingham Club; we had a table with one of the players, Tom Casson, who shares my birthday. A great bunch of guys as always and a fab evening. By the end of the evening – or well into the following morning, as it transpired – I was challenged by Seb Stegmann to run headlong at Tom. I declined… 🙂

I had decided earlier that my DJ was dated and is now ill-fitting as I’ve slimmed down since I bought it, so I ordered a new one together with a couple of dress shirts and yet another new suit the following day.

Thursday was a far more sombre day as I was attending the Memorial Service of a friend of many years, Mark Cato. It was good to see his widow and his ‘children’, though the circumstances were hardly the best, and to receive a lovely letter from Alice. Farewell Mark! I will raise a glass of champagne in his memory over a nice Dinner this weekend.

On Friday it was off to the Guoman hotel at Tower Bridge for an afternoon company senior management meeting followed by an early Indian meal at Mala Restaurant, so we could all leave at a reasonable time. Why?

Saturday and an early start to drive down to the Albury Estate for a day’s fly fishing. Yes, I know what you’re thinking and so did I. But I had to confess that I really enjoyed being taught how to cast and I caught two medium-sized trout which I then took up to Norfolk to give to my ex-wife (who promptly and with my blessing gave them to a neighbour who we knew would love them).

Sunday morning saw a well-deserved and much-needed lie-in before picking up Jack and heading back into Norwich to watch the Norwich City v West Bromwich Albion match; a must-win game for Norwich. And win they did, which kept the team in the Premier League for next season.

A fairly late return to London that night and straight into another hectic week this week, with a breakfast seminar in London on the Tuesday – despite food poisoning on the Monday that meant I lost 3lbs in one day! – a flight to Belfast on Wednesday evening for a day training a JV client and an evening flight back before driving to Kent last night for another day training another client on another form of building contract.

So this weekend is going to involve a haircut, retail therapy, Dinner out on the Thames and … Zombies! Oh yes!