5th January 2007

5th Jan 2007
Hope you all had a good Christmas and New Year. Ours was not without its trying moments. Surprisingly these were not especially provided by the dreaded Hen. I was in the office between Christmas and New Year, but you probably didn’t notice. It is fair to say that I was otherwise engaged, he writes with refreshing honesty. You may find it surprising to hear that the smash hit present that any Sandison child received this Christmas was a £3.50 twig pencil catapault that Father Christmas placed in 9 year old son Bob’s stocking. Nothing anyone else received came close to registering the excitement that this rather innocuous gift provided one small boy. Sad to say the pencil lasted a day and a half before he took it round to a friend’ house and their dog chewed it to bits. Complete disaster. Quietly confident that I knew where Father Christmas had sourced this instrument I promised a replacement, but unfortunately the place I had bought it from had run out. So, manning the desk in the office, I embarked on a frantic two day search on the net before stumbling on a site managed by the appropriately named Mr. Plant who works with wood and lives in Worcester. He listened to my sorry tale and joy of joys, the very next day a package arrived with an infinitely superior pencil catapult, inscribed with Bob’s name. This one survived two days before being lost on a beach in Norfolk. Children……aaaaagh. And I can’t even resort to drink.