With the gentle motion of the bus and the sound of the engine, I opened my bleary eyes, in my usual crimpled position to immediate sensory overload of two kinds. The first was the bright stars in the sky, the milkyway that took my breath away (but didn't ruin my appitite boom-boom). More than that though, the Southern Cross (only viewable from the Southern Hemsphere funnily enough) was glowing, like somekind of beacon, it was just amazing. The second sensory o...

"You blow very well" the doctor said to me. A million one line retorts span through my mind, all unsuitable, to such a comment. In the end I settled for 'Thank you very much' and left it at that - ahem.... Anyway, following my lung capacity test (well what did you think I was talking about?) I had my BP taken, along with an ear, sight and balance test. I'm pleased to say I passed with flying colours and was then allowed to proceed to the next stage of my Scub...