Try some of Nick Hornby's novels; Slam, How to be Good, 31 songs, all very funny and very well written.

Polarisandy took the footage as he was the doc on the rescue, was watching via flickr last week.

Fiennes was never actually bagded he was seconded from Royal Scots Greys and specialized in demolition, he was later kicked out for taking dynamite and planning to blow up a dam with a friend, he served as a mercenary/advisor for the Sultanate of Oman providing information to the counter-insurgency service. Despite being a 3rd Baronet and a cad he did actually hack saw off some frostbiten fingers in his back garden shed and run 7 marathons in 7 days on 7 different continents. This would make him stubborn, be able to endure extreme hardship most people would surely have quit, but cool! I don't think so…

If he was still alive it would have to be Steve McQueen!

I do worry if I reacted that she might say I attacked her and she let the dogs on me, as it's part of a coastal path it is often quite empty early morning and devoid of other people. To be honest I'm to busy s@*tt#$g myself as one of the dogs runs along aside me barking and growling and the other dog not far behind him like their hunting in a pack, think I might try and order the anti dog spray. It's no good for my heart so early in the morning! Though I suppose I could add an extra few miles and go a different way which somehow would feel defeatist.

I'm in Wirral, just got some sob story about being under funded, under staffed etc, etc. Though if it happens again (last time was Wednesday) I might mention that I also saw a small child being chased as well.

hora, I did report it to the police, they said it wasn't an actual police matter and that I should report it to the local authority dog warden, who said I should report to the police and so the backwards and forwards went on for a good couple of hours. Eventually I looked up the dangerous dogs act and an "owner is guilty if they permit there dog to injure a person or there are grounds for reasonable apprehension that it will do so". So after reminding the local police of the law, I thought they might do something, however I do still see this woman on occassions and like autumn turns to winter she sets the dogs after me!

Have the same problem on a short stretch of my commute to work, some woman who thinks she is in the film "Born Free" naming her 2 Alsations Elsa and whatever the other one was called – you know the type jogpurs, wellingtons, barbour jacket and dog whistle to boot. After being chased numerous times by her huge dogs I confronted her to voice my concerns that if she was goingb to let such big dogs run free off leash then they should at least be muzzled. This didn't help as she know automatically sends them after me as soon as she see's me riding past, have thought of buying anti dog spray from Germany which is apparently used by there postie's, though I think it's just pepper spray, not sure on the legality? Though a friend of my mine who's a bit 'Johnny English' said they use a mix of 20% water and 80% ammonia which used in a water spray bottle makes any dog think your the King Kong of the dog world and will s*@#t itself.

Agree the Para's attitude was amazing with a wicked sense of humour saying,"He used to be 6ft tall & weigh 12st, but now he was 4ft tall and weigh 8st." talk about in the face of adversity, very humbling indeed.

If only I had a racer, it wouldn't have taken me nearly 2 years to beat him!

You've finally revealed yourself!