What very fine weather we had at the weekend. The Daily Mail on Saturday got into the spirit of it by devoting pages 2 and 3 to a feature on how beautiful the countryside is looking at the moment, with all the trees turning. They even managed to restrain themselves from saying how it was all under threat from immigrant workers, asbo-badge-of-honour-wearers, radical muslim clerics, paedophiles and Tony Blair.

We took ourselves off for a walk up to Chanctonbury Ring. This local landmark used to be well known for the fine circle of trees that adorned its crown. The hurricane of '87 put paid to most of those, but it is slowly regenerating up there. We carried on past and found another route back, marred only by the misfortune of encountering some trail bike riders at the only point of the entire walk where it was muddy!

Anyway, it was glorious and I have to say that I felt fitter than I have done in years. If I'm this much improved after seven weeks of this program what am I going to be like after seventy weeks? Do they run Triathlons for the 50+ age group?