Warming Up

Six weeks without a blog entry. Not good. In my defence, we have been quite busy, but really there is no excuse - just laziness.

It has been, not to put too fine a point on it, quite chilly of late in the Emirates. I know this is hard to believe but we are just not prepared for any kind of sub 20 degree weather. I think it's a combination of no heating and having gone completely soft. I even had to go out and buy a jacket and have been forced into borrowing one of my wife's larger sweatshirts on a couple of occasions. Anyway, it seems to be warming up now and it's OK to sit out and eat in the evenings again.

This is a good time of year for sport in Dubai. We had the marathon (including a dire performance by me in the 10K), the Dubai Desert Classic (Tiger Woods amazing again) and the tennis championships. Ben had his own triumph at The Montgomerie Young Golfer Awards - out of over 100 kids he was voted 'Best dressed golfer'! He was absolutely thrilled. All we need now is for him to learn how to hit the ball!

We went to the Speedcar Championships at Dubai Autodrome featuring ex formula one stars Johnny Herbert and Jean Alesi. Thanks to some tenuous connection with school we got access all areas on the start grid before the race. Johnny Herbert was very chatty and put Max into his car.