Well it has been more than a week since my last post and I am now in Bosnia. The trip here was by bus and took me twelve and a half hours. I did see some spring lambs on the journey, which took so long because we were delayed at the border for more than an hour. I enjoyed my trip to Bulgaria and short stop in Serbia. We will see how things go in Bosnia.

The city of Plovdiv is surrounded by hills and yesterday I ran up one of them and got a great view.It was so nice here during the day, I see that it is cold and snowy in New York, so I am happy to be here, though there are many other reasons to be happy to be here.everything seems to be going well and I am enjoying my stay in Bulgaria. Later today I head out to the Black Sea.

I am now in Plovdiv which is about 2 hours from Sofia, I had a very nice meeting with a large group of people last night and staying in a friends apartment, in the middle of the city. I will stay here for a couple of days, but will visit another city this evening. The weather is cool at night but warm during the day.

It is early on a very beautiful morning in Sofia, I have just come back from a run in the Park of Liberty. I had a very nice talk with a big group of people last night, later a great meal and conversation with 10 of my friends, at a vegetarian restuarant called " Th eVeggie House ". I also had a meeting about maybe getting my Poetry books printed here in Bulgaria in the future.

So last night I got an overnight train to Sofia in Bulgaria, the train ride was uneventful but slow. I arrived more than 1 hour later than the scheduled time, but I have learned that this is normal.The weather here is very nice and while walking this afternoon in a park, near to where I am staying I saw primroses. Also many of the trees are just about to burst into leaf. It has only ben a couple of days but I am happy with the trip so far.

So I made it to Belgrade with a short stop in Milan, the weather here is very nice, warm temps and bright sunshine. It was raining when I got here yesterday, but everything is good  now after a good nights sleep.

My last day in New York for a while started really well. The weather is a bit like spring and I got a nice early run in. Took care of paying all the bills that will come up while I'm away, did some last minute washing and packing. I am not sure how easily I will be able to get intenet access since I am travelling a lot, but I will try to post some thing whenever I can. Oh yeah, Happy St Davids day to all Welsh people out there.

So here we are, my last full day in New York for a while and it is a nice warm day. Things went quite well at work and I didn't leave too many loose ends for the other guys. My agent has called an end to phase 2 of trying to find a publisher for my childrens book, it it now time for phase 3. You just have to keep plugging away.

Overcast and rainy today. I did a lot of communicating with europe when I got home from work. Lots of people are checking my schedule with me, I have quite a full plate. Some FA Cup replays,Man U beat Reading 3-2, WBA lost to Middlesborough on penalties after a 1-1 draw. The winners play each other in the 1/4 finals.

So we had about 2 " of snow overnight which was less than they thought, it also stayed quite warm
allowing it to start melting quickly. My friend Utpal came back from his trip and we managed to get a run in this afternoon. I talked with one of my cousins in eastern europe this morning and he says, that they relly did not have a winter and there are flowers everywhere.

A very quiet morning, cool but with sunshine. It may literally be the quiet before the storm, as they say there is a big snow storm coming this evening. The first major trophy in English football has been decided, with Chelsea beating Arsenal 2-1 in the Carling ( League ) Cup. Oh yeah, I talked with my sister yesterday on the phone.

What a difference a day makes, it easily feels about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday. I also feel a lot better after a good nights sleep, that was about 30 minutes longer than usual. I also took a short nap in the middle of the morning. I listened to the Ireland v England six nations game where Ireland crushed England 43-13. In the Championship My Wolves won 1-0 against Leeds and are now only goal difference away from the play-offs, 4 points away from automatic promotion with the last 1/4 of the season at hand.

I will be glad when winter is finally over, It seems as though fighting the weather all week and trying to keep running everyday, takes it's toll. When I get to the end of the week I always seem to be a little tired and weery. Though I know that all the hard work I put in now will pay off in the spring, when I can run freely. Of course the odd nap here and there helps. The strong winds of earlier in the winter have returned, though the temp's are warmer than they were before which makes it a little better.

Not a lot to say, there was heavy rain during my walk home this afternoon, it could have been snow! This time next week I will be on a flight to europe.

It hit 50 degrees f today though very briefly. Liverpool beat Barcelona 2-1 in the Champions League which will make my niece very happy. Chelsea managed a 1-1 draw with Porto in their game. I kind of have a new favourite TV show " Heroes ", well I've watched 2 episodes and it looks pretty good.

OK a big day in football ( soccer ), in the Champions League; Man U 1-0 Lille, PSV 1-0 Arsenal, Celtic 0-0 Milan. In the Championship Wolves 1-0 Ipswich, WBA 1-0 Leeds. Yes it was finally a warm day temp's reaching around 44 f (6 c ), the snow and ice of course is melting.

It's Presidents day here in the US, celebrating the birthdays of Presidents Lincoln and Washington.
So it is a pretty quiet day. I finally sat down and did my taxes, so they are done for another year. It's possible that this is the last cold day this winter for me, the temperatures will be going up into the 40's f from tomorrow. Everyone is saying it's too late now to get really cold.

Kung Hei Fat Choi, yes it's Chinese new year, here in New York it's a very nice day for it. I ran early this morning before 7, about the same as last week, but when I turnd back for home I noticed that I felt a little heavy. So it was a bit of a slog to get back. Afterwards though I did feel quite relaxed.

This is my 550 th post since I started this blog. Things have finally started to warm up and the snow is begining to get a llitlle more manageable. It's Saturday so the was football in the UK. my nephew's team WBA managed a 2-2 draw at Middlesboro' in the FA Cup 5th round. My team Wolves beat Burnley 2-1 in the Championship and moved up to 8th in the table. In about 12 days time I will be going on one of my trips to Eastern Europe, mainly Bulgaria and Bosnia, so I am making lots of plans at the moment.

maybe it's because it's friday but my head was feeling kind of stuffy this morning. Slogging back and forth in my heavy boots, because of the snow and ice is making my legs sore. The 2 guys to the left are Dilly and Dally, the 2 characters in my childrens books, cute aren't they. Have a nice weekend.

It's the day after the snow storm, I could hear the snow crisp beneath my feet as I walked to work this morning. Though the temperature never got higher than 25 f ( -3 c ), there was bright sunshine in the afternoon and so we had some snow melting.

It seems that the weather people got one right, well almost. Yes we did get 2"-3" ( 5-7.5 cm ) of snow, yes freezing rain, but no it did not change to heavy rain, because it didn't get as warm as they said it would. here in New York life pretty much went on, just a little slower than usual. There was even some blue sky as I went for my run after coming home from work.

I do like the odd nap now and then and according to an article I just read it is good for you. A Greek study of 23000 men in their 50's, apparently shows that if you take a 30 minute nap 3 times a week. Itreduces the risk of heart failure by 37%. They say it is helpful if you can find a couch or a sofa and take a nap around mid-day while at work. Well who knew!

The start of the morning was a little gloomy and overcast, but it brightened up by late morning and the temerature has climbed 5 or 6 degrees above freezing. It is that time of year when I have to prepare my taxes, this usually doesn't take me too long. I like to get them in well before the April 15 ( this year 17th ) deadline.

What a beauty this morning was. When I looked out of the window I could see bright sunshine, the sky a beautiful eggshell blue. I pulled on warm running clothes and my shoes and I was out the door. Of course it was cold out there, but that was almost lost in how nice the day was. It's funny because when I first woke up I didn't feel so good, but the day outside inspired me and I had a nice run and then enjoyed my breakfast.

I slept in an extra hour this morning, well it is the weekend. Wolves beat preston 1-0, Preston were 2nd in the Championship. Now WBA ( my nephews team ) have moved into 2nd place. In Rugby Union England just managed to beat Italy and Scotland beat Wales. It is still cold here but the temp' climbed above freezing again, a little bit easier to run .

I can't believe that it's the weekend, still cold though the temperature did get above freezing this afternoon . The whole week has been a stuggle against cold. we have a problem with the heating at work and of course it's been cold outside. Here we are though in the second week of february and hardly any snow at all this winter.

Once again I was feeling pretty tired by the end of the day, the cold weather really takes it out of you. So this time I took a nap first and then went for my run. The run was good I felt very fresh, stopped in at one of local restaurants to get a take away for dinner on the way home.

The England team played a friendly against Spain today and lost 1-0. The game was discribed as being a bit of a lack lustre performance by England. With all the great players in England, they do not seem able to put together a very convincing show of skills these days. I am not sure if it is the cold but as soon as I get home I go for a run, then take a short nap in the early evening.

my sniffles and sneezes have returned after about a week away. The fact that the temperature only climbed up to 26 f ( -4 c ) doesn't really help much. I did however have a nice run this afternoon even if it was cold. A good nights sleep will help.

I have noticed an interesting weather phenomenon the last 3 days. After the sun goes down the temerature rises 1 or 2 degrees and no matter what the temp' is when I wake up, it always goes down 1 or 2 degrees just before the sun comes up. Also I spend part of my evening writing my blog and when I get a chance to read I am reading someone else's diary ( Micheal Palin's book ). Well it's interesting to me!

Another cold morning ( 21 f -6 c ), went out well dressed in layers of clothing for my run. I enjoyed it. You know it is amazing that even when it is so cold you can still work up a sweat. My Ecuadorean friend who lives just around the corner, invited me for breakfast. he had also been out for a run this morning. here in the US it is superbowl weekend , today is the game , but I have decided not to watch it ( too much hype ). I am sure I will hear everything about it tomorrow.

Today was a very crisp day, the temperature ranged from 28 f to 25 f ( 2 c to 3 c ). There was broght sunshine once it came up, but the sky and everything looked sharp. I listened to the England v Scotland Six Nations game on the BBC, on my computer, England won 42-20. My Wolves managed a 2-2 draw with Plymouth and remain in 10th place in the Championship. I had an idea to but a cheap video camera, I had seen in a store that was going out of business. They had sold out by the time a I got there, oh! well.

This post is mainly for my sister. I recieved some messages last night and today about one of my cousins from Serbia. He is about 14 years old and has had kidney problems for some time. He and his mother have now gone to a special Humanitarian hospital in Torina Italy, that offers care to children from Croatia, Serbia and Bosnia. I am told that he will be there maybe for 4 to 6 months waiting for a donor, at which time he will recieve a new kidney. The people of his village and some surounding ones collected money to send him. I wish him luck and hope to see well soon. His name is Vlado.

I had a pretty good day at work and a nice run this afternoon. My agent contacted me to say that 2 publishers passed on my childrens book, I still have 8 more to hear from though so we will see. Oh! the south american climber by the way, I managed to get some tubers,so I'll see how they do in the spring.

This photo and the previous 2 were taken this summer at a house near where I live. It is a climbing plant from South America I believe called Alamanda. So it was the 2nd leg of the league Cup semi-final betwen Arsenal and Spurs. Spurs scored a late equalizer to make it 1-1 in regulation, then Arsenal scored 2 in extra time to win 3-1 ( 5-3 agg ). They go on to meet Chelsea in the final.

A New Poem...

The Wind
it talks to me
in strong and gentle tones

The Wind
it chills me
through to my bones

The Sun
it beams out
from the dark

The Sun
brings forth
the singing of the Lark.

For the last week or so the weather forcast has predicted snow showers or flurries in the evening. Next morning there is very little evidence of this. However this morning there was a good coating of snow on the ground. The cloudy day that was expected did not appear and we were showered with sunshine, which cleared away most of the snow.

My nephew is very happy today, because his team West Brom beat my team Wolves 3-0 in the 4th round of the FA Cup. Other than that it has been a good day, the weather has been almost spring like, since it's the last few days of January that's pretty good. I saw this image and just thought I bet he's going to be a footballer.

I don't think I had the Flu, just some kind of a cold. I have been feeling a lot better, though there is some soreness around my mouth and nose, that could also just be from the cold wind we have been experienceing. I had a short run today which felt pretty good and I am sleeping well, though a few strange dreams.

A couple of Christmas's ago my sister gave me a pair of ski pants, they are really warm if you wear them indoors. However on a cold day outside they are perfect, today was that day.The early morning temp' was 10 f ( approx' -11 c ), with the wind making it feel like -10 f ( -20 c ). I was howver nice and snuggley in my ski pants.

I've had the sniffles for the last 2 days, with occasional sneezing fits, but my energy levels are good. it doesn't help that it will be very cold for a few more days. We will just have to see how it goes. It has been very busy at work and nearing the end of the week I am feeling a bit tired, so a chance to recover a little at the weekend should help.

I forgot to mention yesterday that Chelsea beat Wycome 4-0 in the semi-final second leg of the Lge Cup to win 5-1 on agg' to make the final. Today Arsenal drew with Spurs 2-2 in their semi-final 1st leg..Last night my friend utpal called me from Thailand where he has been for a week and semms to be having a great time. He has made a couple of travel log video's and I will post links, hopefully tomorrow. Actually here is 1 of them now
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST2gurtGa44 click on this link and enjoy the show.

I had a really hard job to do at work today, I got started almost as soon as I got in and bfeore I knew it I was done. I purchased some Ram memory from Newegg on sunday and it was scheduled to be delivered today. It came in the early evening by UPS and I put it in right away. It is amazing how much faster my computer is running. It only took me a minute to install. what an exciting day I had.

Not too cold today though it was overcast the whole day. There was evidence of a light snowfall this morning but that disapeared during the day. I seem to have slightly strained my right hamstring making it sore but not preventing me from running in the afternoon. I've only been back 2 weeks and I am already making plans for my next trip. This time to eastern europe, but I'll get to that at a later time.

When I went out for my run this morning it was 19 f , but when I started running it felt a lot colder. My running friend Utpal is away for a few weeks so I am running on my own. Even when it is so cold it doesn't take long to work up a sweat, still I did not stay out too long but was happy that I went out. I forgot to mention yesterday that Chelsea ( 2nd in the prem' ) lost to Liverpool (3rd ) 2-0. Today the leaders Man Utd lost 2-1 to Arsenal who are 4th, it made the top 4 just that little bit closer.

A cold and blustery day here in NYC. This morning I was drafted in to help with the 2 mile race, only 5 participants. Temp' was around freezing but with 50 mph wind gusts it felt really cold. A friend of mine has gone to Thailand and my nephew is hooking up with a friend of his who is a boxer there. I also saw an article about a friend of a friend who is planning to swim the length of the Amazon river starting next month, pretty crazy uh!

So it did snow this morning a little after 6am, real snow this time and it coated the ground. They say it is the latest day for 1st snow to fall in NYC for 135 years. Though as I am writing this there is bright sunshine and the sky is a beautiful soft blue with puffy white clouds. I am reading a book at the moment called; Micheal Palin diaries1969-1979, The Python years, which was given as a christmas present to me by my niece. It is a lot of fun and interesting too.

It was trying so hard to snow this afternoon in NYC, when I left work you could see snow flakes mixed in with rain drops. It was however too warm and the flakes would turn to raindrops before they hit the ground.

As I left for work this morning the temp' was 19f (-7c ) and with the wind at 28mph ( 47kph ) it felt like 1 f ( -14c ), but wrapped up nice and warmly it didn't feel so bad. Arriving home in the afternoon it was 29f (-2c ) and sunny. I don't know if it was the large salad I had for lunch but I felt pretty good when I went for my run. My nephew ( a WBA fan ) e mailed me to say that the game is on, meaning the 4th round FA Cup game between Wolves and WBA in about 11 days time.

One last photo of OD farm. Wolves managed to beat Oldham 2-0 in their FA Cup 3rd round replay and will now play local rivals West Bromwich Albion at home, in the 4th round. should be an interesting game.

You can see from this photo how nice Old Drayton farm is going to look and how much has been done.
It has been rainy on and off all day, I have been back in New York for a week now, but still seem to be on UK time, going to bed early and waking up early too.

So this is Old Drayton farm 12 months later in december 2006. Ran this morning with my friend Utpal, raining a little but still mild. Then went to breakfast with some serbian friends. We went to a Colombian place called Punta Rojo which is bout a 10 minute walk from my house, the food is really good, you get a lot, and it is not expensive. I think we were the only non hispanic people in there.

This is a photo of Old Drayton Farm I took in December of 2005, tomorrow I will post a photo I took in December of 2006. Today was an overcast day with light rain but temperatures are still mild. One Saturday a month I visit a local restuarant and make sure they are taking care of their plants, for this I get a free meal. It is also soccer saturday in England, and my Wolves managed to give up a goal in the last 5 minutes to earn only a 1-1 draw with local rivals Stoke City, still nicely poised for the play-offs though.

The warm weather has returned after a couple of cold days. When I went out for my run today I saw a Quince bush starting to flower. it was nice to just work a few hours today and then take a nap this afternoon. Well it is official! David Beckham will leave Real Madrid in june and come and play in the US for the Los Angeles Galaxy of the MLS. Reports have him making 1 million dollars a week for 5 years.

much colder today, it was below freezing last night and was still so when I left for work this morning. Seemed to get through the day without feeling so tired today. I see on the BBC site that Graham Souness ( former Liverpool player ) is looking to buy my beloved Wolves, it's just my oppinion but I think that might be a good thing.

Well my bag did arrive albeit at 6:45 pm and after I realised that they had the wrong street address on my file, but they always call just before they deliver. A cold day with strong winds but still mild compared to usual temp's. Wycome Wanderers held Chelsea to a 1-1 draw in their league cup semi-final 1st leg .

The weather has turned a little cooler here , or so they tell me. My first day at work this year went quite well, though I definately felt a little tired on the way home. As I write this I am waiting for my bag to arrive from the airport. Arsenal beat Liverpool 6-3 in their league Cup 1/4 final today and will now play Spurs in the semi-final.

It is time for me to break my blogging silence. During my time at my sisters I could not access my posting page. I have had a chance to totally relax, and just a few hours ago arrived back in New York. My luggage however decided to spend at least one more day in England, and is waiting in Manchester airport to come over tomorrow. So I am back and will be posting as much as I can when I can.

Another cold morning 24f. I have been taking care of last minute details, and I am ready to go to the airport in just over 1 hour. Befor I know it I'll be in Manchester England, England as the song fro Hair goes. Will try to keep you up to date with English football while I am there.

New York seems to want to say goodbye with a cold hand. I leave for England tomorrow and this morning was a windy 20f ( wc 11f ) , it really felt cold. On my way home it was 24f ( wc14f ). There is bright sunshine so that when you are inside it seems like a nice day out there. Paid some bills to ensure that I have a phone etc when I get back.

It was my last full day at work this year, I have a few hours in the morning and that's it. Then off to England on saturday. We had goulash for lunch today and it was pretty tasty. The weather was mild, but you can see that there is a change coming. It's going to be cold tomorrow.

Surprise, surprise, Arsenal,Man U and Celtic join Chelsea and Liverpool in the knockout stages of the Champions League. Even though Celtic lost to Copenhagen. I am already making my bags ready for my trip to England in a few days. The weather was a little warmer today but there is still very strong wind. The winter in New York so far as been the winter of strong winds.

It's the last week of group stage matches in the champions League and Chelsea won to top their group with Barca winning to finish second in the same group. Liverpool lost in Turkey to Galatasaray but still topped their group. This morning the temp' was 29f and stayed cold all day.

Here is the latest Christmas Lights photo, this one is just a few blocks away from where I live. It really feels like Christmas is coming with temp's staying only just above freezing today, and expected to go below during the night.

Temp' was hovering just above freezing this morning when Utpal and I ran. The sun was shining however so it didn't seem so bad. We have had some really strong winds around here lately, and a tree came down onto the local tennis court, and a bunch of guys with chainsaws wnet to clean it uo this morning. Good work for this kind of day.

Today was an interesting day for a December 2nd, while the temperature was quite low ( 40's f ) , it was abright pleasant day. Arsenal, who have not been doing too well lately, beat Spurs 3-0 and moved up to 3rd in the premiership. They are still 16 points behind Man U who are at the top. Wolves beat Southend 1-0 and are back in 10th in the Championship. tonight a bunch of us got together to watch a classic Japanese film " Tampopo".

Well it's December 1st and it is a windy rainy day in New York. I wanted to take a nap but I figured I should make a post first. It also happens to be my 500th post on this blog so that is quite a milestone. So my blog post is about making a blog post, so there!

I don't think I mentioned it before but one of my friends from work went to see the new James Bond film, and he says it is really good. Even though it is a remake, he says it is very different than the other one. Oh! by the way Wolves managed another 1-1 draw the other night and have actually slipped down the league even more.

It's not a great photo, but I have been walkingpast this house on the way to work for the last couple of days, and yes folks the Christmas season has started here in New York. It can get quite colourful here at times and I will try to post a few more in the next week or so, before I go out of town.

In about 12 days time I will be looking at this scene for real in my sisters home town.

Everyone in my house has gone away on vacation, so I have the house to myself. Since it was a short day for me at work I took the opportunity to start my annual house clean up. This is one of the few chances I have when the house is empty. It is sort of my end of year spring cleaning.

This morning I ran on my own at 6am, the weather is very nice at the moment, and by the time I finished my run the sun was coming up on a beautiful day. This 4 day weekend has been great, but tomorrow it will be back to work, but only for 2 more weeks. The big game came and went and in the end it was Man U 1-1 Chelsea so nothing has changed at the top of the Premiership. For you cricket fans out there England are bravely getting beaten badly by the Australians. It's only a game!

As I often do at this time of the year, I was co-race director of the 2 mile race this morning. And what a beautiful morning it was. Small turnout though, but everyone seemed happy. Managed to get my own run in later in the day. Arsenal lost to Bolton in the Premiership which dampens their spirit a little. 1st plays second in the big game tomorrow.

Wolves had a friday night game against Sunderland tonight. They took the lead just before halftime, then gave up a goal in the 80th minute and the game ended 1-1. At least it is better then a loss, but they need to win a few more games and score a few more goals, if they want to make it back into the Premeirship. I had a pretty relaxing day the weather was better than yesterday though it didn't feel that much warmer. The weekend promises to be nice.

It's Thanksgiving a holiday here in America, but it's cold and rainy in New York. Being a vegetarian I will not be eating Turkey and all the trimmings as most Americans will do today, but I will probably go out somewhere with friends and enjoy a nice non meat Thanksgiving meal.

So Chelsea lost and Liverpool won in the Champions league, but both of them will go through to tha knockout stages. I have discovered a Japanese Anime called Inuyasha and have so far watched 7 episodes,it's about a Half Human/Half Demon.

Yes it's champions league time again, and the big result is Celtic beating Man U 1-0 to go top of their group. Arsenal came back from 1 down to beat Hamburg 3-1. Stafford Rangers who come from near where my sister lives, have made it into the second round of the FA cup, they are currently in the middle of the Conference a semi-proffesional team. So good for them.

Today was a strange day for me something came up at the last minute, and I spent the day making lots of phone calls and trying to catch up with some people. Some friends who had been visiting were leaving today and everything was a bit hectic. By the end of the day though all was sorted out and I could relax. That's life in the big city!

Today was my day to be the guard at the tennis court as I have mentioned before. So I ran alone at 6:15 just a short run.It has turned quite cold and overcast. When I had finished my duties I went out for a second run, this time with my friend Utpal, it was the first time in a long time that have run twice in one day.

Well I got some interesting reactions to my photo of my friends and I in the strange skater pants, one guy thought they should have sold them at all let alone for $1. Mostly though people thought it was funny. Well Wolves managed to eek out a 1-1 draw against local rivals Birmingham on saturday but still slipped to 10th in the league.

That's Better!

I posted this photo and now I can't rotate it, sorry about the broken necks. These are 2 of my Serbian friends, hence the flag. We got these trousers at a local store for just $1 and couldn't resist wearing them. They are actually scateboarders pants from California and are all the rage, they even have a pocket for your cell phone.

Once again time is wooshing by very quickly. My back and hip are better but I still have a little bit further to go to back to normal. My work day speeds up on me and I am on my way home before I know it,it is a great way to be and it is almost the weekend.

This photo was taken at my cousins place in Serbia, it was a curious kid goat that just wanted to hello. England played a friendly with Holland today, and the reports are that it was an uninspiring 1-1 draw.

My hip and back feel about 95% better today, I had a little discomfort during my work day but it went well. It did not really rain as they had said it would.

I managed to do some special exercises that I learned from the last time I had this hip and back problem and they seem to have done the trick. At least made it easier and put me on the right track to recovery. The weather is continuing to be a mix of overcast and rain, but still mild.

OK so my friend Utpal is sick with some kind of flu symptoms and I have this hip problem which is also a lower back problem now, though it is not too bad and I am learning to deal with it. Actually it seems to be ok when I run, and so the both of us went out late morning for a short run, which I think helped us both feel a little better. A peroid of rain as come upon us and it seems it will be so for a few days, this has however helped to keep the temperatures a little warmer.

a problem that I had with my left hip,2 years ago, seems to have returned. There is already some improvement and I think that it will recover as it did back then.The fact thayt we have such nice weather at the moment will probably speed things up. So my Wolves lost away today, I think they have won away only once this season.They now fallen to 8th in the league and need to improve.

Well it's that time of the year when I seem to get a lot of inspiration to write. I have been getting a few poems lately and also I have been working on my running stories, which is a project that I have been working on for about 2 years and will one day come out as a book. I recieved a message from my agents assistant that mailings have gone out to 10 major publishers about my book, so once again we have to wait and see.

What a beautiful day, it was already in the high 50's when I left for work this morning and it only got better. A friend of mine from Serbia arrived and brought with him some really nice herbal tea, so we drank tea and had a nice chat. My sisters dog is not doing so well but we hope that with some rest comforting he will improve.

The rain has once again returned, it has been raining all day, but along with the rain come warmer temperatures. There are fallen leaves all over the ground which is also a product of the rain. Liverpool, Arsenal, and Spurs all made it into the 1/4 finals of the League Cup. Things are changeing here in the US, we will see what change brings.

Southend, from the championship, have beaten Manchester United from the Premiership 1-0 in the 4th round of the League cup,in England. This is quite an upset. Top teams often field a weaker side in the early rounds of these cup competitions, but even Man U's weak teams are full of stars. United are top of the prem' and Southend are bottom of the Championship.Other than that it is just a quiet old election day here in New York, with results to come later.

Well here we are on the eve of election day in the US, and you know it doesn't seem any different than any other day. I had a nice run this afternoon, and I have to say that my running is becoming a little more consistant for the first time in a while, so now I have to keep that going.

Since I was born and grew up in England today is the celebration of Guy Fawlkes, who ha dhis own ideas of how disrupt politics. It was 38f when Utpal and I went for our run this morning, but all wrapped up we ran out to flushing meadow and back. Then we had the opportunity to watch the new York City marathon, which was actually quite exciting. With a Latvian defending the womens title and a Brazilian wining the mens race. both Chelsea and Arsenal lost in the Premiership, so Man U now have a 3 point lead. 2 friends of mine, Luis ( 4: 31:15 ) and Shishaldin ( 4:44:13 ) ran the marathon,congratulations to both of you.

It would appear I forgot to post yesterday, I got imersed in a BBC Electric Proms concert by James Brown and that was it.This photo (taken at my cousins wedding ) is by way of a sweetener.I tried 2 or 3 of them and they were yummy.Today never got above 46f and tonight will be right around freezing, but I hear it's colder in europe.

So today Celtic were beaten 3-0 by Benfica, Man U lost 1-0 to Copenhagen, and Arsenal managed a draw 0-0 with CSKA Moscow who beat them last time out. The warm weather conyinues here in New York but they say it get cold again tomorrow.

Time for a Uefa Champions League update; Didier Drogba scored in the dying seconds of the game to give Chelsea a 2-2 draw with Barca, and Liverpool beat Bordeaux 3-0, with this win Liverpool will advance to the next round with 2 games to play in this one. A great day for weather with temp's reaching 69f a welcome change after the cold last week.

There continue be some kind of technical difficulties with my blog posting,but I am carrying on any way. weather is finally a bit warmer,I have been catching up on a few things today,but it is strange when it gets dark earlier.

I saw this picture on the BBC site , these monkeys in India are watching the England cricket team practice. Still very windy but nice bright sunshine. Remembered to put my clocks back hour. Ran with Utpal out to and around Flushing meadow Lake, the scene of many of my ultra races. Then breakfast at a friends apartment.