Knee brace - the story so far ..........

From http://ianrstewart.blogspot.com/

Well, I tried it for the first time at golf on Wednesday and I wore it again yesterday when we went to the Beer Festival, and again this morning at golf. The verdict so far? Mixed at best. Perhaps I had hoped for instant relief, but it's certainly not that. In fact, if anything, I felt it was a little worse this morning - but that could have been because I was a little tired and stiff after 3 consecutive days working behind the bar at Pittodrie.

I drove back down from Fraserburgh on Thursday and started work at the festival when it opened at 4 pm, and worked through until just after 7 pm. I also went along and did the early shift on Friday from 3pm to 6 pm, but, on both these occasions, I had the car with me, so my tastings were just little sips in the bottom of my glass.

I made up for it yesterday, however. I cancelled golf and Jo and I caught the 11:15 am bus in to Aberdeen, getting off in Union St. and walking from there through the Bon Accord Centre - stopping off for a brief bite in Pret-a-Manger - to Pittodrie. We worked behind the bar from just after 1pm to about 6 pm, when we took a break, found a seat, and had a couple of beers before heading for our bus(es) home.

We got off at the Douglas to pop in to say hello to Ross, who was on a double shift day - daytime at Tease and evening in the Douglas - then picked up fish suppers and headed home.

I've made up DVD's combining the photos we all took on our West Coast walking trip last weekend, and will hand them out to the rest of the guys. They're already talking about next year's trip, but I can't get involved, I know - but I'm starting to feel a bit left out - it's as if some things are coming to an end. Sad face.

Anyway, it's June now and the weather seems to be improving at last - the prospects for this week are quite good, which is quite encouraging as I've got a lot of golf planned - Gleneagles (business) on Tuesday, a tie at Banchory on Thursday and our annual outing to Blairgowrie on Friday. Normally, I would also be playing at Banchory on Wednesday and Saturday, but I suspect this may be a bridge too far - I'll see how I'm coping with my knee. Should I wear the knee brace every day, or experiment with brace on and off to compare and contrast? Dilemma.