Attempt Twelve

LAST MEAL: Sausage casserole with waaaaaaaaay too much chilli courtesy of the young chefs.

SUPPLEMENTARY TRAINING: Running into Ocean Bowl as quickly as possible.

METHOD OF FOCUS: Weighing up every ball in the place.

LUCKY LANE NUMBER: 3

BEST SCORE TO DATE: 164

CUMULATIVE NUMBER OF STRIKES: 22

I'm not going to lie - we ran into Ocean Bowl tonight because there was a coach load of people outside and we were sure they were going in to bowl as well. We were right. Fortunately I was on a lane and chucking balls before they'd even made it in.

The score tonight is a bit dismal and it's hard to pin down exactly what went wrong (no pun intended). Perhaps I was a bit distant and my mind took me down memory lane too many times (no pun intended) but, whatever the problem, I really ballsed up this week (no pun intended).

As for strikes...well, they were harder to come by than a forty foot man made of gold giving out free tickets to England games provided you show the top of your box of cereal within thirty days.