It's very rare that Iu and Loki and I are apart of a weekend. But recently, Iu and Loki went for a flying visit (a couple of nights) to Romania to visit rellies, leaving me to hold the fort, mid-diet on my own back in London. This proved to be problematic for me... I don't manage well left to my own devices.

I read an interesting sign posted on one of the social media channels I'm now addicted to (thanks kids) which related to rugby. It was a...