I have been absent from the keyboard for some time and my laptop has been feeling very neglected. The cause of this has been a severe bout of DIY, namely the refurbishment of our kitchen and bathroom. It all started with a throw away comment by my wife regarding the ageing pine board ceiling in the bathroom and how it needed to be replaced. This lead over the ensuing month to a series of designs and other hints regarding the dowdiness of the paintwork in the kitchen. What started as a simple task of finding a plasterer to do the bathroom ceiling grew like topsy and became major reconstruction projects. I have struggled with toughened glass splash backs and and a new 2 person shower which I now admit was really too large for one man to lift and fit without running a high risk of developing a hernia. Now they are done and I am puffed up with pride at my achievements. My world has been brought crunching back to reality by my eldest granddaughter who having viewed my masterpieces said
"Very nice granddad but when are you going to write another Sprocket book? I've been waiting ages."
So back to the keyboard and hope for inspiration to strike.