What Dad did while you were otherwise occupied...

Holly,

Having set up this place for us to stay in touch... sort of... I thought I'd tell you a few things that have happened to me in the last 6 years:-
1. I finally gave up playing rugby when I was 42, as I found that everyone else was running a lot faster than they used to... and also it was taking me 3 days after every game to be able to walk again with out something hurting...

2. I started writing comedy for a show that's on every month at the Komedia in Brighton. It's called the Treason Show and it's topical songs and sketches about whatever's in the news - I mostly write songs, which are re-writes of famous songs from (in my case!)the 70's -last month it was 'I punched that bitch quite hard in the mouth', sung by Victoria and David Beckham and Rebecca Loos, to the tune of 'You took the words right out of my mouth' by Meat Loaf - you probably won't know the song, but your Mum used to like Meat Loaf, so maybe..
I've been part of the writing team of about 20 people for nearly 3 years now, and I get something in the show most months - hopefully one day you'll get to see something that I've penned..

3. I've also written a play called 'Beach Bar'. It's being performed soon at another theatre in Brighton - I'll tell you more about that another time.

4. I've taken up playing the tenor saxophone. I started learning about 2 years ago, and like most things, I don't have enough time for it, but I'm slowly learning to read music - which is more difficult than learning the sax! If you ever need a deadly rendition of the theme from 'Pink Panther' - I'm your man!

There are lots more things to tell you and so many questions that I wish I could have answered about you... but they'll have to wait for another time - work calls..

Until next time... Dad xxx