Sunday - sorry it's not a very original title

6.30am - get up to put Number One son on the bus for the BIRC in Birmingham.

8.30am - breakfast at McDonalds (see how you are getting the plain truth here, warts, calories and all).

9.30am - bandaging hand of Number Two son who shouldn't be playing so soon after the fracture, but I'm not much of a parent when it comes to stuff like this.

10.30am - arrive for warm up. Only parking space left is in the middle of a puddle. Wet feet or walk from the car park next door? You guess.

11.00am - lend four players to Paviors, who are having problems due to half term. Half time score 14-7, one of our own players scoring for the opposition. Full time score 29-7. Number Two son survives uninjured despite selecting the biggest player on the pitch to hone his tackling technique (visions of Social Services recede).

12.30pm - Lunch. Embarrassed to say where. My dad once met Colonel Sanders. Draw your own conclusions.

2.30pm - Arrive at IKEA for more bag packing. Car park seems full, as does shop. Pack bags for someone wearing a Leicester Tigers' shirt. They can afford £50 for a shirt but nothing for us. Same thing was remarked on by my wife yesterday. I'm always amazed by the way some people will give you £5 for next to nothing and others give you nothing for ten minutes work. Members of local teams - Paviors, Ilkeston, West Bridgford pass through, chat and donate. Nice people. I will include links to their teams - just make sure you don't do anything foolish like joining them. They all have players at Nottingham Outlaws playing summer rugby league so why not come and support local rugby this summer? (Hope that plug wasn't too obvious).

5.00pm - Go home. Not what you expect when you mention the words "day of rest".

10.19pm - Email arrives from team manager - they went out on a family visit after IKEA , came back and have just counted the cash. What sort of person is at their computer at 10.19 pm doing junior rugby stuff? Tomorrow I am going to put a "thermometer" on the blog to show our progress.