Milk Thistle

I was in the health shop this afternoon (I went to buy some nuts) and had a short chat with the shop owner bloke. He often asks me how my cycling is going… understandable when I’m stood there in my cycling gear, having, erm, cycled into town. Anyway, I mentioned that the combination of bad weather and projected hangover tomorrow might scupper my attempt at establishing another top weekly score. So he said, “have you tried milk thistle?” and then sneaked off into the back room, returning with a free sample in a plastic bottle. How kind! He told me to take some before I got out, and some when I get back home. He claimed the potion would wrap my liver in a suit of armour, lessening the severity of the hangover. I’ve heard of this stuff before, so I’ll give it a go. I hope it’s strawberry flavour.

Crikey, I’m going to America in 18 days for the best part of a fortnight. It’s a West Coast road trip type thing. I need some new sunglasses. I bought an ace pair of cycling specs a couple of weeks ago, and then, less than a fortnight later, managed to lose them by leaving them in a campsite toilet near Robin Hood’s Bay (as you do). Grr.