Having grown up living the outskirts of Nottingham, my worse memories of childhood all revolve around the tedious journey every year to our nearest bit of seaside - Skegness, that bastion of Brish seaside tat! Most of those memories also involve getting VERY travel sick and vomiting, and the very word "Skeggie" makes me feel nauseous!

Today I hear that many of the building's on the parade will have to be pulled down due to a large fire. But I can't help thinking that someone missed a trick here, and should have bombed out the whole place while they were at it!

I’m tryin to make me go to rehab
I said no, no, no
Yes I been black, but when I come back
You wont know, know, know

I don’t ever wanna drink again
I just, ooo, I just need a friend
Im not gonna spend 10 weeks
Have everyone think im on the mend

It’s not just my pride
It’s just til these tears have dried

They’re tryin to make me go to rehab
I said no, no, no
Yes I been black, but when I come back,
You wont know, know, know

Amy Winehouse has cancelled all her tour dates today. I can't pretend to know it must be like to be famous in today's love-hate media climate, but again and again we see creativity hand-in-hand with self destruction?

Whatever her demons, I hope she feels better soon.

As if reinforce the point about how peaceful and quiet it is, and how much work I can get done whilst working from home, now I am back in the office there are workmen making a God awful racket somewhere in the building nextdoor!

My sandwich break just couldn't come early enough!