I really thought that I’d be knocked bandy after the last week. Utterly shocking foodwise with a festival in the middle of it all. Beer and bad food for a few days in the week was bound to stop my progress in it’s tracks and potentially put me back a few pounds too. 

What a weekend though. It was my annual pilgrimage up the Mountain to The Steelhouse Festival. Officially the UK’s highest festival. Three days of music, beer and mud all wrapped up into a great little festival. 

Incredible weekend but really bad for food. There was a baked potato stall but the alcohol and music literally forced me to go to the Cornish Pasty stall instead. 

On the plus side however, there was a lot of walking and standing to do. My foot was a bit better after going over on it the other week. Wearing wellies didn’t really help either but wallowing through the mud and dragging carts full of camping equipment helped!

The Weigh In.

So, the news that you’ve been itching for is that I maintained this week. After a weekend where I was really looking at a gain, maintaining for me is a good result. 

I’ve got a week before I do it all again. Next week is Bloodstock another four day festival. I will try my best to be as good as I possibly can be but I do think that there will be a gain again. I’ll certainly try to be good between now and next week so hopefully a pound or two off next week and a better time at the festival. 

Hopefully I can get to my first stone down by the end of the month. 

Coming up.

August is going to be a busy month. Tom Jones at Cardiff Castle on Saturday, Skindred at HMV on Sunday, Bloodstock mid month and ArcTangent towards the end of the month. I’ll try to keep off the booze for most of it. Certainly for ArcTangent as I’m driving to Bristol for that and I’ll try with Tom Jones to stay as dry as I can. 

I hope to get a few walks in with Alex in the next few weeks too. Got some time off for a couple of weeks so I’ll look to go for a couple of wanders on my own too. 

This weeks listening.

Skindred have a new album out on Friday and this has been on heavy Spotify rotation!

Anyway, thanks again for reading the most banal of blogs. 

I’ll keep you updated!