I’m recovering well after surgery to remove a troublesome kidney stone that fired up and kicked me into touch on New Year’s Eve. I have a stent which will be removed shortly, and I’m not allowed back into the gym until 10 days after that. I’m learning that sometimes you just have to have to rest up and let your body repair and recuperate. After being housebound for weeks I got a bit of cabin fever though, so an invitation from a friend to go to the Alps for the weekend, really hit the spot. I reluctantly avoided the temptation to take some skiing lessons, but did have a go at snow-shoeing, which was good exercise and great fun. I also took the ‘making snow angels’ beginners course… not terribly elegant! 😉