BABY IT'S COLD OUTSIDE

If you check the weather forecast for the north east of Scotland, it will tell you that the temperature was around 40 today. They're lying! What they don't take into account is what I had forgotten about this area in winter - there's a lingering dampness in the air and the wind has been gusting up to 80mph.

80mph - I lie not. Back on Long Island that's enough to have warnings flashing across the bottom of the TV screen, but here it's just another windy day that feels like its in the teens.

When I went out for a run this morning I doscovered that walking was barely possible. It was a test to cover around two miles heading straight into the wind, but it was a heck of a lot easier jogging the return journey with the wind at my back.

And the moral of this story is - sometimes the going is tough and everything is against you, but it changes. Nothing stays the way it is. Stick at it and stay the course.

Better go be sociable. Loving being here with family and friends - but baby it's cold ouitside!