I recovered from the dreaded covid I caught at the end of last year after about 8 weeks so many thanks to all who passed on their well wishes. It took a further 8 weeks for my taste and smell to get back to what it was but it’s all good now! Those who have a watch with me will know I’m currently in the process of moving house, I moved out of my old place on June 23rd and have temporarily moved in to my parents home whilst my new build house is completed. The workshop is also temporarily here but I get the keys to the new place on the 3rd September so I will have to retrieve all my furniture ou ..read more

From the looks of my work email inbox lots of you have been trying to contact me since I stopped work for the Christmas period on the 22nd Dec. Unfortunately on the 29th Dec I tested positive for coronavirus and initially it didn’t feel too bad for the first week apart from feeling constantly like throwing up and having joints that felt like they had rebar hammered through them! This changed during the second week and I went downhill rapidly with a complete loss of energy, a constant irritating cough and more worryingly a shortness of breath. Long story short is I’ve been in and out of hospita ..read more