sore throat-wise i'm feeling better, but now i have tooth ache and a headache. urgh. I had 3 hours of work yesterday as TOIL, and i motored over to go outdoors to look at the merlin 3. They had it set up, and the porch was not big enough to stand up in, so the picture was a bit deceiving! The store itself was nice, big with loads of tents on display, and soem quite reasonable prices. I didn't buy anything, but i am giving some serious considering to the merlin. There was plenty of room for me to sit down, and i guess i could cook on my trangia inside. they had the suitcase style gas stoves for a tenner, which is quite a bargain, and quite tempting to try in case i fail miserably with my trangia! I am going to try frying with it this Saturday. I bought a sainsburys longlife bacon, potato and onion mixture. they used to do two different versions of this, but it now seems to be down to just one. If not, i will head back to the shop on Saturday and buy the gas stove. My gelert is a good tent, but probably a bit small for a 4 day festival...

I've practically finished part 1 of tma05. I'm going to leave that now til after the tutorial, as i may get some ideas from that. Part 2, i do have time enough to do if i take a good steady pace. There is even enough time for me to go to Gorsley. Tonight i'm going to do some proper planning, and a hundred words which hopefully should put me in good stead.

I think i'm going to stop salsa. my right arm started hurting again. I skipped salsa last week, and lo and behold, my arm isn't sore. I LOVE to dance, but i don't love having a painful arm.