As it is the Easter holidays, we are looking after our 8 year old grandson. Last week we went bowling and, by the end of the game, my shoulder really hurt. That was followed, a few days later, by a game of swing ball, where you try to bat a tennis ball on a string round a post. My back was so sore the next day that I found it difficult to walk.

I hadn't thought about it but a common factor in these two events was that, on neither occasion, did I drink any whiskey. There have also been games of football in the garden but I leave those to the wife. She doesn't drink whiskey and she's full of aches and pains.

We are going swimming today. If I am suffering tomorrow, I will know the cause and the cure. The only trouble is, I don't like whiskey.

DC