A good day: personal training first thing, breakfast on the front porch and then I sat down to watch a replay of the Lions vs Māori All Blacks. Fair play to the Lions - they beat an admittedly woeful home team, but goodness me it was boring. There are three aspects to the Lions’ attacking game - the long kick, the high kick and the chase…..dull dull dull. Anyway, the UK media has gone into overdrive in advance of the first test next week. I am predicting a different outcome, but I’ve been wrong before - I thought we were going to beat Ireland in Chicago last year.

After that, errands….work shirts to the Chinese laundry; a successful mattress purchasing trip; booze shopping. 

Expertly grilled hanger steak (hem hem) for dinner at home tonight with the girls. Then Dr Doolittle (the Eddie Murphy version) on TV - an old family favorite from when the kids were a whole lot younger.

In the extras:

Breakfast with the FT
Shirts and hangers
Beds
G&T o'clock