Nothing worse than being ill over Christmas. My friend the hack is notorious for always being sick over the holiday period – and I’ve always mocked him for it.

This year I thought it might be me… I’ve been layed low by a hideous flu-like killer disease that kept me off work for a few days and, worse, kept me off the bike. Can’t think of the last time I was too sick to ride.

But thankfully it’s all cleared up – just in time for me to help with the Christmas shopping. Oh great.