Back on the piste

So. Turns out the consultant was right in seeing no reason why I shouldn’t ski whilst still nursing a bulging disc. ‘It’s about managing pain,’ he said. And I can now report, after two mornings on the piste, that any pain and stiffness completely disappears when skiing. And I mean completely. And remains absent for…

Jabs, jams and scams

What better way to spend a crisp autumn day, eh? Stripped down to a fetching, back-tying gown – one tie already ripped off, I imagine, as its wearer made a last desperate bid for freedom, the other set so tight around my neck I feared the Gremlin was trying to throttle me. Maybe he was? I’m still here,…