For reasons which are anyone's guess, I work on a product which is called Merlin. Bear that in mind. Bear also in mind that my day started with an early wake up so that I could cycle over to collect a van to keep it at my house before doing a team outing to Stonehenge (the team are responsible for Merlin) before coming back to pick up the van to drive to Newcastle with it to collect my worldly goods and throw out my unwanted goods.

In short. I was stressed about the week ahead. The weekend was being stolen by imperatives.

It started to go wrong when my driving licence plus a van hire plus a sunday morning added up to a no-can-do. They needed to get extra approval for my extra points and the insurers weren't open. That was that plan stuffed. I went through plenty of crazy contingency plans before deciding to make the van-pick-up a second trip at some later juncture. Sigh. It's never easy.

Stonehenge was fun. The audio-commentary made me laugh. "Why is it here? We don't know. Maybe Merlin spirited the stones here." Good old Merlin.

We followed the trip up with lunch in a nearby pub and then parted company in good spirits. I loaded a car up with some essentials and headed to Newcastle. I arrived late enough to want nothing more than the company of my bed. Why is life so tricky? It's a mystery.