Cough seems to be subsiding, I did feel somewhat bunged up last night but feeling better now.

Work was guess what, shader related. I reckon one more day and it will all be sorted. There’s one really odd bug in one of the tools at the moment which will take a bit of investigation. Still, all good fun.

Went out this evening and drove to Winterbourne. Searched for about five caches and found two, so not a good turn out. Stung to hell by nettles again. And spent ages picking up rocks and found nothing.

Torture porn night, going for some arty film tonight, I can’t handle Danny Dyer again quite so soon.

Got up far too early and took the dog to play group. Went back to bed, but did manage to start work early. Still finishing off shader related items, it’s almost there. Skipped lunch then picked up dog in the afternoon.

Finished off early evening then ventured out off towards ‘Ram Hill’, which is a few miles away. There were five caches in a couple of mile area, managed to get all of them and drop off the travel bugs I had. Almost managed to find another one and spent ages in a church yard looking for another one. Not a bad haul on quite a pleasant evening.

My sinuses are blocking up, but I appear to have stopped coughing now anyway. Probably I need a drink.

So started this morning with sex. Actually no, I started this morning sweating. Followed by more sweating. Still have a chest infection so don’t exactly feel on top of the world. Jamie let the dog out and got me breakfast, he always put’s too much milk on the bran-flakes. I drank the coffee. I then banged away like a road drill on granite for about fifteen minutes, okay, I wasn’t really that into it, just not in the mood. Jamie created a mess and it was all over.

I then got up and cleared up all the dog shit, interleaved with mowing. I mowed the front as well. Had lunch, eggs. Then loaded up the GPS. Headed over to Iron Acton. Found first cache straight away but there were two old biddies gassing right by it so had to wait for them to bugger off. Then spent about half an hour walking round a field in the wrong place. Got back on track and managed to find another seven, not one ‘did not find’, so over fifty now. Also picked up a couple of ‘travel bugs’ that I will need to relocate soon.

Came back, had a shower. Then it was time to head over to ‘The White Lion’ to use the voucher I won at last weeks fate. Haven’t been there for a long time and it’s had a bit of a makeover. Problem being it’s now a chain serving fairly generic shit. I only had to pay six quid which was to be honest about all it was worth. If I wanted to eat bland crap I could do so much closer to home. Still, it was a meal out. Read my trip advisor review for all the gory details.

Must be bath time, I’m stung to crap. Why do all these geocaches have to be behind mile of fucking nettles.

So started this morning earlier than I would have liked, thanks to the dog insisting I let her out, followed an hour later by her further insistence that she be fed. I had breakfast and a coffee, so at least I was vaguely coherent (a lot more than I am now that’s for certain). I got up. As I no longer have to do shopping I harnessed up the bitch (the dog not Jamie, he was at work) and we tootled up to Alomondsbury, to her favourite field where she was let off her lead an behaved impeccably. We walked back, she was fairly tiered, two poo’s along the way, the dog that is not me. Got back, I then ventured out, oddly back to Almondsbury where I picked up some firewood after collecting a paper and some cash.

Had lunch. Then ventured out with my GPS. Parked up and picked up some crickets, then moved over to Coombe Dingle. Searched for four and found three, these were all fairly tricky and enjoyable, I’m up to 46 now. I’ll by a t-shirt when I hit 50.

Went over to mothers, where she showed me her leaking shower. I then drove her to Curry’s, I could live without her driving, okay, I didn’t slow down at roundabouts, much to her annoyance, but I took have taken them a hell of a lot faster, we were well within safety limits. I bought her a tumble dryer, she paid for the warranty. Generous? Well, what’s a hundred and fifty quid to me, loose change really on the face of it. It made her day, plus I now get some more nice fruit cake, which to be honest is fairly priceless.

Came back home and did the accounts. I’m actually down this month, probably due to Japan and paying for the deposit on Turkey. Started up the BBQ. Got it all going nicely, took the radio outside, had a few beers, made the dinner. It was all nice. Then retired to the bath, watched ‘Chase & Status’ live streaming on the iPad as I was in the bath. It was fantastic, I really wish I was there to be honest. I’m now sat down about to watch ‘The Rolling Stones’. I’m already completely plastered, well into the Glastonbury spirit.

Working on shaders still, not a compiler this time but actual shader code. Not the most exciting thing on the planet but it needs to be done. Drank lots of coffee, cleaners arrived, full of the joys of spring. I was tempted to offer them my Prozac. Jamie made me a sandwich, it was very light on butter. Worked through lunch, then headed out. I took the car and plonked it at Frenchay. Had a good rummage there and found another three caches. Couldn’t find one more but I think I found the remains of it, which is a shame. See what the weather does tomorrow.

Decided that if I left the butter situation until tomorrow I would have to stop work, go and get butter then make a sandwich. This would be somewhat inconvenient, so I just popped out and bought Flora. I may have bought some cheese and crisps as well. Right, I’m done for the day, shower and wine I think.

Oh, took the dog to daycare, she’s still ignoring me.

Oddly everything I did at work today actually worked, this in my industry is pretty unusual. Still got something nagging in the back of my mind though….default parameters, think I need to dig further into that tomorrow. Then a whole host of shader conversions, oh the joy.

Skipped lunch so I could have an early out in the evening. Walked passed Parkway station, I see the pub there has closed yet again. Then over towards UWE. Good haul tonight, found five. They were all fairly straightforward. Up to forty now. Will venture out again tomorrow if the weather holds up.

Got home quite late, had a shower, ate salad.

Once again work in shader land. It’s all working for the moment so I’m pretty happy with it.

Had a chat with the dog about eastern European politics and how Obama is handling the northern Ireland situation. I then persuaded her that she was allowed to sleep on a bed in my office and she didn’t have to go hiding downstairs in her box. It did take a few biscuits, but she got the hang of it.

Been invited to a retro games day next month, sounds like fun if it goes ahead.

Vanished with my GPS again, was walking on a public foot path when I saw three lads running, followed by a farmer on a quad bike shouting, ‘don’t you go interfering with my bullocks’. I hate to think what they were doing. I was hoping he was going to come back and say, ‘Get off my land’, but he didn’t. Found three more caches.

Torture porn night.

Still working on shaders, snore. Nothing new to report other than I’m closer to finishing than I am to starting now.

Took the dog to daycare, she hates me again. Put in a really full days coding, didn’t stop for lunch again so I could get an evening out.

Vanished off with my GPS and found another three caches, that’s 34 total now. Even found one in a phone box, can’t remember the last time I was in one of those.

Came back and booked the Turkey holiday. Got a ‘superior sea view suit’. Which means it will be shit. It was cheaper to go to Japan for two weeks. Still, free beer and food. And it’s on it’s island. It’ll be shit.

Got up late. But oddly no weird dreams, which is a shame I quite like those. Sasha just sat by the front door after she rose off her bed. We went for a rather damp walk, she didn’t seem to bothered. I went to Tesco’s. It should hopefully be the last time. We got sent a voucher for ‘dot com’, basically you get twelve quid off an order over sixty plus we get six months of any time delivery for thirty quid. Plus all the usual staff discounts.

Had lunch, very late in the afternoon. Then ventured out over to Henleaze to get some crickets. I filled up the GPS with a few more geocaches. Searched for four and found three so pretty happy about that. That’s twenty seven now, I’ve set myself a target of one hundred by the end of the year.

Came home, was about to do the accounts, but decided to jam my willy in Jamie’s gob. He said this was rather impolite, or rather he gagged, ‘thts vaaaie noot ice’, or something like that. He got on with it anyway. I then did the accounts. Bought car tax. Did the Tesco shopping for next week. Tried to look for an email on the laptop, after vast amounts of searching I appear to have a lost years worth of email from October 2011 to October 2012, which just happened to contain the one I was after. It’s probably lurking somewhere. So decided to back up the laptop, last time that was done was April 2012…serves me right. Anyway all sorted now. Off to make a curry.

Still in shader land work wise. But made an odd decision to go with a DX11 parser rather than GL. I think it’s the right decision, time will tell. Very busy anyway.

Rotten weather. Haven’t really gone anywhere lunchtime all week as it’s been crap.

Finished mid evening so off I popped with my GPS again. Over towards Patchway, looked for four, found two. Spent about ten minutes hanging around right by the M5, probably looked rather dodgy feeling up a metal fence.

I’m sure the dog hates me, she avoids me all day and sits by the front door. She seems to refuse to sit on the couch with me unless I have food. She did fall asleep on me earlier though when I was sat on Jamie’s couch. Although Jamie was there as well, I’m sure they are having an affair. All he does is spoon that bloody dog.