Peter,

Up to 10 months ago, everything was looking very rosy, I had landed some nice little continuous contracts to be getting on with, not massive, but enough to keep the workshop paying for itself and a little left over for a relatively large purchase every now and again if I saved my pennies up.

Then things went absolutely pear shaped, not just with me, but the health of another member of the family as well. Everything came to a head a couple of weeks ago, and I have had to change direction completely.

If anyone had said a year ago that this would all happen, I just wouldn't have believed them.

I now take every day as it comes, good or bad. As long as I am still breathing when I wake up in the morning, it is a good day.

If there is no breathing, then I suppose my worries are over and someone else's problem then.

John