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And in a theme running through from another recent post, it’s back to my childhood again as last night I decided to have a go at martial arts (hence the title) I used to do Karate to a very average standard when I was younger and when it got to the higher belts the required class attendance and increasing costs that went with that made me give it up and adjourn to the pub instead of an evening. (So childhood in the loosest sense of the word)

Which is a shame a with hindsight I enjoyed it, it was a great workout and of course had the potential to be useful should I ever need to defend myself.  So last night I returned back to the dojo (sort of) and went for a lesson with Samurai Fitness which not only train kids (including Iona) but also runs adult classes, and so it was for the second time in a week I was doing some circuit training, this time as a warm up, before doing some basic punches and kicks, all great fun and I’m looking forward to regular training sessions.

So today we dived along the M40 to Oxford for the Foodies Festival, ie rock up sample free food, try and get Iona to eat something nice, try some wine and then stroll home, today however as well as organising the tickets Octavia had booked us in for the Wine Theatre “Burgundy Demystified” by Louis Jadot (the champagne tasting was fully booked)

We sampled five fantastic wines and were taken through them and Burgundy by Quentin Sadler. Quentin spoke informally with real passion about the region and also the wines of Louis Jadot and in spite of suffering from a sore throat made the session very enjoyable with his knowledge and humour.

And on the food front Iona had a very nice sausage in a bun (not interested in the Hog Roast this time) and also demolished a large ice cream before bouncing like a loon on the Oxford Mail bouncy castle.