grandad kit

Thank you for reading my blog. If you have difficulty seeing your grandchildren, or have any views about my situation, I would welcome your messages by e-mail through this blog site. If you wish, just use a first name or a nickname and your identity will be protected, like mine – “Grandad Kit.”

Dear “Tom”

Squeaky brakes

I am you other grandfather, the one you have never met. You are three years old, and although I have never met you, I love you dearly and always will. You are my flesh and blood, and always will be. We will meet one day, I am sure. I am writing this daily "blog" to you to make up for the fact that I can't speak to you right now. I hope that one day you will be able to read this.

Do you know, Grandad drove over a thousand miles last weekend! Whether or not that affected the car, I don't know, but I do know that since I got back the brakes on my car have got very squeaky. That means they've been worn down and need new ones. So I'll have to takethe car into the garage tomorrow to get those brakes fixed. Otherwise I could easily have an accident.

My boxer friend - the one I'm writing a book about - is going to Cuba next week. The reason is that he is freinds with people from Cuba who are involved in boxing. You know that in the year 2012 (when you will be nine, not ten as I said theother day) the Olympic Games are coming to London. You and I are definitely going to go! But also, we are hoping that the Cuban boxing team will come to the North East in the few weeks before the Olympics to traina nd to get used to this country. That would be great, and I'd have a chance to meet them. I've already met two of their coaches who will be helping to train the Cuban boxing team. The Cubans have produced a lot of very good boxers and boxing coaches over the years.

You will have seen all the flooding that's still going on in various parts of the country. But here it's been very warm and dry today with very strong sunshine. I went for a run and I found the sun far too hot for me - I ran very slowly, even more slowly than usual. But there's one more round of the track league to go, and I'm hoping that my team will be the winners for the third year in a row.

If I do contact your Mam, I think I'll write a letter rather than telephone. With a letter, you can choose your words very carefully. If you're speaking on the telephone, one word out of place can spoil the whole thing.

Love from

Grandad Kit and Nana Ann