But I want the NEXT left!!!!

Wednesday, 7.30pm

Thought for the Day - Pay & Display car parks that require exact change will always end up costing 10p more than all the change you have

Pug Status - Warm and uncomfortable in the horrible weather

Suffering in the close, humid conditions. My wife said it was muggy today, but Muggy is the day before Tuesday, not the day after. Too hot for poor Obi, who is getting a bit cooked under all that fur. We bought an oscillating fan for her to sit in front of - it only took her a few minutes to get the hang of oscillating in sync with it....

Had to take the eldest to St. Albans for an interview - an ideal opportunity to get confused by the draconian one-way system, spending half an hour getting to within twenty metres from our chosen road only to be whipped round past the Abbey for the eighth time. Finally got there, and found that parking cost a pound for one hour. After emptying pockets, glove compartment, ashtray and lifting up the back seats I had ninety pence in change....

Knowing that a traffic warden can sniff out an un-stickered windscreen from half a mile away I needed to get some more coinage. Conveniently I had parked on a thoroughfare that contained two dentists, an osteopath, a doctor's surgery and a spa offering free Botox refills with every hot stone massage. Finally spied a small chemist and spent a panicky minute or so trying to find something to buy that was neither expensive or potentially embarrassing. Settled on a pack of waterproof plasters, which came in very useful as I ran back to the car to beat the swiftly approaching traffic warden, only to slip on the wet pavement and skid the last couple of metres or so on my knees, like a small boy on a wedding reception dance-floor....