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The story begins at Day 1. The short version: I ruptured knee ligaments skiing, and am currently mostly sitting on the sofa.

( Day 11 )

The story begins at Day 1. The short version: I ruptured knee ligaments skiing, and am currently experiencing life with dramatically-reduced mobility.

( Day 7 )

This morning, the London Eye (née Millennium Wheel) was advertising free rides for people in the queue before 0930. We figured that a ride on the Eye in the (forecast) snow would be pretty, so bounded out of bed uncharacteristically early.

While queueing, we idly wondered whether a wooden structure - just visible over a small, marble-clad wall and some hedges - was Art or a climbing frame. Being of an enquiring nature, I hopped up onto the wall to look.

My knees are a bit shoddy at the best of times, and the usually-sound one is currently in a rather sorry state (see bicycle, falling off sideways), meaning I hopped up rather awkwardly. And the thing about marble covered in slush? It's quite slippery. Also, marble is quite hard on one's shins, elbows, face, etc.

Anyway, it had started to snow (bang on the forecast time of 9am), but not in an attractive way. Tiny, spiteful pinheads of ice settled round us. By the time it was our turn on the Eye, London had settled into a rather unappealing grey. I'd taken my new toy with me[*] but ( results are disappointing )

One of these days, I fear I will be found dead in mysterious circumstances on a Monday morning and some CSI-style person is going to make a meal of the fact that the backs of my hands and wrists are covered with bruises and small abrasions.

Such things are, of course, the result of an all-day rapper practice on Saturday, followed by a rapper pub crawl on Saturday night. With the best will in the world, you end up with swords scraping over your knuckles and forearms and taking small chunks out.

But you know all about my rapper weekends... too much dancing, too much red wine, not enough sleep. So instead, I present some new culinary experiences from the weekend:

( Christmas Pudding Cheese )

( Haggis and Whisky Soup )