At the time of writing, Number One Daughter and the Crossfit Aylesbury team  are in twenty seventh place.

I would be beyond delighted to think that there were only twenty six teams in the world who were fitter than me, and probably retire immediately and write a self-satisfied book about it.

Nevertheless I don’t suppose she will see it like that. There is another heat to go tonight, after which the first twenty teams go through to the last part of the competition.

Number One Daughter is hoping to make it through, and indeed they might. I have got everything crossed for them, but if it was me I would already be feeling so very pleased with myself I would not mind what happened from here.

We have got a candle lit for them anyway.

We watched the next set of events today, as far as we could, because only the American teams were shown on the American television cameras, and we had to keep trying to catch glimpses of Number One Daughter behind them. They were dragging a heavy sleigh up and down a field and climbing ropes and pulling weights. Number One Daughter said that this was the easy bit, but I know that it wasn’t because I did it once in the gym and it made my shoulders ache for days.

Oliver has been completely blown away by the general fitness abilities of the athletes competing, and wondered how on earth any human being ever manages to force themselves to such superhuman limits of endurance.

I reminded him that being extreme might be genetic and that he should watch out.

He did not feel himself to be in any immediate danger, and sloped off into the conservatory for a sausage sandwich and some physics revision before work.

Mark and I were inspired by the whole thing to do some exercise this morning, and we took the dogs and went for an endurance stroll up Orrest Head.

It was an extremely pleasant stroll, because the National Park has decided to make it accessible for wheelchairs. They have extended the path so that it winds slowly upwards, instead of being the steep scramble that it used to be, and now you hardly notice that you are going uphill at all.

The dogs clowned about and belted round in circles, they must have run about ten times as far as we did. We strolled through the lovely greenery and talked, and I explained that I was feeling gloomy about having nothing exciting to look forward to, possibly for the rest of my life now that nothing is allowed any more.

Mark said that this was not a good state of affairs, and that some things were still allowed. He thought that we should find out what they were, and plan to do some of them, so that the rest of our lives looked encouraging and promising.

When we got home I looked on the mighty Internet for promising allowed things whilst Mark made the toast.

I wondered about going to America, but that was just too not-allowed for words. You have got to have a lot of money and a certificate to say you do not have bat flu, neither of which I possess.

Next I wondered about going to Disneyland Paris, which is allowed although very difficult. Then I discovered that I do not want to go there at all, because they are refurbishing the hotel that I like to stay in, and I definitely do not want to go to a different one, so even if it is allowed I do not want to bother.

In any case, you still need the lot of money and bat flu certificate, even though it is only France. I still do not have these, so that was out of the window as well.

In the end Mark suggested London, and got his credit card out.

We are going to go to London in January when it is cheap and when there are no taxi customers in the Lake District.

We are going to go to the theatre to see Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

I am more thrilled than I can say.

There is a lot of arranging yet to do. We thought it might be fun to go on the train, but train tickets for four people from Windermere cost a thousand pounds, so British Rail can get lost, it would be cheaper to get a taxi.

It is wonderful to have so many exciting things happening in my life. I have got a daughter who is an international athlete in the corner of the television, behind some Americans,  and I am going to have a holiday.

I have had a lovely walk and I am feeling very happy with my world.

I have got everything crossed for Number One Daughter. It is happening at midnight.

Please cross your fingers as well if you are reading this before then.