I wonder if the TC owner was informed why he was beaten up? Or was the Brit leaving the country anyway? I wonder if the Brit thought of damage limitations to himself. bad enough losing his wages, but to then be locked up by the police!

Got all your presents bought. I took the wife to Clarks shoe shop yesterday. It took her(took equals allowed her to walk two miles pushing the pram) about one hour to select two pairs but then she bought me a pair for coming I guess, although I was quite happy sitting in the warmth on some leather bound poofs watching Esther reeking havoc- she seems to like singing gay songs in Chinese when she's causing trouble.

Yesterday before all that I visited Aldi on my tod as Esther hasn't been well. It was all about making things easier for myself, so I selected already cooked lamb in mint- turkey with cranberry-roast parsnips- roast potatoes. The wife works over Christmas and I prepare the food. She seems to enjoy getting up at five and peddling through the freezing rain and sleet. There's a lot to be said for shipping home a Chinese wife as long as it's not one of them gold-diggers. So we will have two days (24th and 25th) rest from the brutal regime of jogging (she does a thousand skips every night too)