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no one said it would be easy

at Lawrie’s girlfriend Mo’s place. Mo was the archetypal English Rose, stunningly beautiful in an almost fragile way. She was vivacious, well-read and unexpectedly generous with her small flat, out in Twickenham. I’d been over-awed by Mo in years gone by, as her poise and style had always marked her out as being way out of our league. Posh and beautiful, scared most of us unsophisticated colonials. She even let us stay when she away in North America with work. Such an angel.

I’ve always been of the opinion that the hardest step in any venture is the first one. Coming up with the dream, and deciding that the sacrifices to expedite the dream will be repaid a thousand-fold, is the biggie that most stumble over … that step out of the shadows and committing to do it is often a trepidatious one. Finding the money is a completely different exercise, just one of finding solutions to problems etc., planning, managing. If the lack of money is the reason for not doing the adventure, then you just haven’t wanted to do it enough. It also helps if you are blindingly optimistic and unhearing of nay-sayer’s wisdoms. It was now the second

Roly at the rugby club carpark, adjusting Penelope’s clutch.