With under 6 months left till what every national serviceman looks forward to – their ORD date, I would have thought I have so far gone through it without much of upsetting the rules and in particular haven’t been knocked down. So of course to my amazement, last week I got knocked down my the one everybody absolutely LOVES at the moment – my CSM.

What for? Cos’ a small bit of my orange cloth was sticking out of my cupboard during stand by area. In fairness, he did recover me when I was 2/3 way through the 30. But then again … ! The army never ceases to amaze me.