Well this is the birthday story. Rachael and Simon, bless them, organised a little shin dig back at their holiday apartment complete with food and a surprise Spanish torte with the Candles 40 all lit up. Oh my Gawd I'm 40! I must say the gesture was well appreciated. In fact it was a week long sting of great evenings listening to live music in Corralejo. The word "chopito" has taken on new resonance. Chris, drinks master that he is always new the right moment for a swift shot of Jegameister. Sadly there was one or should I say two casualties from the evening. I was given the 4 and 0 candles to take home, my token gift. Well they did not make it. I'm not blaming the chopitos it was just that I put one in each of my rear pockets. You can guess what I found crushed to smithereens several days later. Well you can't have fun without breaking something!