It's always tempting to nip along Wolviston Road and take the old route via Billingham which I sometimes find quicker but lately too many other people have discovered the secret, reducing the bene-fit so much it now makes little difference to the time.
It comes on the back of the biggest hit of his career, Talk Dirty, which went straight to number one, and his biggest album to date, Tattoos Sunday If you have been inspired by the nimble needlework of the contestants in the Great British Sewing Bee, nip along for the last day of Sewing for Pleasure at the NEC.
Spa-re some time this week to nip along to Boots at The Fort Shopping Park where the Champneys Complete Home Spa is on "better than half price" offer until Thursday, November 29.
Now here's your security card and if you'd nip along to Buckingham Palace - that's the big house down The Mall, anyone will point you in the right direction - the Queen needs someone on the front gate as all the soldiers have been posted abroad."