Well its been a bit of an ordeal over these last 3 weeks or so but I’ve made it, I am now a fully qualified drone pilot, minus the flight suit (my company won’t stump out for one the tight fucks) But yes i’ve made it, many hours of training, online and at work and both of those things and today I was finally accredited through my work accreditation process which seeks to penalise rather than nurture, which is hardly surprising considering who is, and pretends to be, in charge by walking around HQ in an open collared shirt, undone a little too much, talking loudly whilst walking with an important gait and pointing at things. Thats a real people leader, Kim Jong Un could learn a few tricks from some of the lively pond life we’ve got controlling my working life.

So my new job within my job could well lead me to a modicum of superstardom within my particular field (more like a paddock), I’m expecting massive pay rises and golden Rolex watches in my Christmas bonus, if we actually had a Christmas bonus, sadly because a few idiots failed to cross the T’s and dot the I’d on a Middle Eastern deal, there is no money, but lessons have been learnt, the management can now spell the name of the company correctly.

In other news then, a distant memory but persistently stubborn winter seems many moons behind us and after the initial rash (literally) of excitement garnered form sitting in the blow up hot tub on a cold spring evening, the weather has turned really hot and on of my favourite pass times of driving whilst eating a whole Punnett of cherries (cheap ones from Aldi generally) and slinging the stones out of the window to help propagate non native possibly invasive cherry trees along the verges of Herefordshire has gibven my right fore arm a distinctly tanned hue, but for the first time I’ve noticed a turtle like leatherette appearance to the 51 year old arm, these jaunts must be properly policed and catered for. It was at this point that I decided to buy myself a first aid kit and several bottles of sun cream from the overpriced corporate website, all paid for by the company naturally,  no wonder were in financial shit, but at least I’ve got a real life relevant qualification now should things really go tits up.