OK – this is NOT the act of a superhero, more the act of a superfool.

I got in a car this morning, drove 200 miles from the place where I’d gone to go to a meeting that had been cancelled, to go to the meeting that I’d had to ‘dump’ because of the urgency and importance of the one that was cancelled. As soon as the other meeting was cancelled, I phoned my colleague who was taking my place at the original meeting and let her off the hook to say that my colleague and I would go instead as originally planned.

Then I spent a delightful few hours in the company of four gents who are all charming and great company - all completely different from one-another. We ‘did our stuff’, got our ‘result’ (and about bloody time too - I feel like my working life has been like pushing water uphill recently)and left the meeting late this afternoon, to drive another 90 miles so I could then get on a train home – another 200 miles.

Today’s tally is 490 miles give-or-take a few, with a few hours of work chucked in. We set off at 8am and I have just arrived home, after shooting this from the train window as I crossed the Tamar back to my beloved Cornwall. Add to that yesterday’s 300 and I’ve done 800 miles in two days.

I don’t of course, work on Fridays any more (ha ha).

DM is furious – I have ‘broken my promise’ to him already. I’ve had a good telling off in a telephone rant last night. I am exhausted and despite just about getting home on Friday, I just have a feeling I will be paying for it all weekend through tiredness. He thinks I have no right to complain about that when I’ve disregarded the doc and broken my promises. I almost couldn’t face telling him that one of my colleagues had texted me asking me if I could move my holiday – you know, the one I’ve just booked because of the doc – so I can make a rescheduled date with the cancellors! You’ll be pleased to know my foot finally went down at an appropriate moment and I said ‘no’.

Last year, I was mithering on about builders getting in our way - I wish that were true now - the ones who were supposed to be back to finish the job they started before we went on holiday seem to have dropped off the planet!