8 January 2012
When I turned forty I decided to do something interesting each year. The first year I decided it was time I learned to swim. I cant say I ever enjoyed it but I did manage to achieve it. The next year I took a lesson in flying a plane! I really enjoyed that but didn't have the funds to continue, glad I tried it though. The next year was to take up horse riding again, that was fun despite the fact that I found getting up into the saddle difficult, strange as I had no problem when I was fifteen . Next dog showing caught my interest, that gripped me with a passion that wiped out all ambition for any new annual experiences. It focused all of my attention, to the exclusion of all else, until my dog became a champion. It was great fun and one of the greatest regrets of my life. That was when my annual jaunts ended, now my ambition is to see my family healthy and happy.
Forty • Opuss № I