Back from Blackpool. Weather was unusually hot (though not as hot as here in London) so I did lots of beach strolling and paddling with Edward the dog (forgot the camera so no pics). I was Billy-No-Mates one day and rode roller coasters on my own and in the evening went to see the Hot Ice Show (fantastically camp and well up to Vegas standards). I thoroughly enjoyed working my way through season one of Curb Your Enthusiasm on DVD and also rented French films Le Clan and The Beat That MY Heart Skipped (both brilliant). Darren arrived for the weekend just in time to stop me talking to the walls. We climbed the dunes in tropical temperatures to watch the planes take off and went to see Superman Returns (quite good). But then Darren ate a dodgy calzone and got food poisoning which meant a delay for our return to London. I’m going to do it all again next month and then I’ll have no more time off work until December.