I actually really enjoyed doing this interview, forgotten about a lot of things I've done in 25 years in the industry, and I guess the premise is "adapt to survive" as I could never go back to doing a normal job!

A rather poignant one - starting at the River Lyd just down the road, remember well working around the Newlyn fishing communities even 15 years after the Solomon Browne, plus losing my Grandad on my Mums birthday 28th December - he said "I won't see you after Christmas" spooky

A few Christmas Eve bevvies, home for food and ready for the highlight of Christmas TV Bob and Paul #GoneFishing somewhat tinged with sadness with the passing of Chris Rea, may well finish off the evening with All Creatures Great & Small - yes I'm an old git but a happy one!

Stable in form - had a double @ 5/1 and 7/1 Haydock on Saturday. If you have enjoyed this years golf/horse musings and have made a few quid - there's still time for a Christmas tip - be back for the Welsh National All the best Ian https://t.co/bqFLoo6NgB

Boxing Day 11.45 Sedgefield Tom Green 11/2 ew NAP Was trying to just find one strong bet, stable targets meeting/race - won this 3x recent years including last year with this horse and has dropped down to last years winning mark.

If you are stuck with non racing family on Boxing Day @ 2.30 and want to watch the King George and they don't - have a pound on every runner and get each of them to draw a horse - whoever has the winner gets paid at the odds, it's a cheap way to watch the race!!

Price battered but will probably drift back out. Won on jumps debut a year ago after a break from winning on the flat. Was sent off fave back over C/D a month later but pulled far too hard early and had nothing left. Won lto over fences and given a nice break again, could go well

3.07 Pau Koudou 8/1 ew my price is 13/2 reasons to follow

Sad to hear of the passing of Jumbo Ozaki, an ever present figure in my early days of golf betting, I wonder what blood group he was

Quick heads up - maybe a bet @ Pau tomorrow but definitely nothing for Cagnes Christmas Day - they may even price up Pau tonight!

Been out all day so someone mentioned earlier what had happened, loved the mans music for the last 30 years what do you choose?

2.08 Muss Kilmore Rock small e/w 18/1 I have been going over this race for a few days, keep coming back to this one. Former P2P horse won a sequence over hurdles in the Spring, wasn't unfancied on chase debut 2 starts ago but jumped poorly and PU - however was found to be lame

What a thoroughly miserable end to the golf betting year, thankfully I slept through it! My first full year back having a proper go at it but only made about 6k profit, some very close calls though, must do better

Bit early?

I do miss my dog but sometimes you can just watch and chill and think yeah! and if you've never had that then you will never understand

I do feel sorry for kids today with music - my 2 are 19 and 22 and they listen to "old" stuff my daughters favourite song is London Calling enough said, I've done my duty they also love this

Love watching this as its like a kid in a sweetshop - Noel loving it

Weird one - Madness did a great album in 1999 called Wonderful, Ian Dury did a wonderful cameo in Drip Fed Fred - one of his latest ever recordings before he died - I think it's one of his finest

Tomorrow could be fun - we have a weird Sunday club in remotest Devon - mad music and oddly lots of old Ska - it will be Coventry Pams 60th she grew up with the 2 Tone lot - later but love it

She really is one of musics great mysteries

I'm 45 minutes early