Sooty’s looking good

Because I am becoming a boring middle aged old fart I happened to watch Locks and Quays last night (my excuse is that it was about Leeds). It’s presented by Mathew Corbett (the bloke who used to do “Sooty” when we were kids) who mysteriously still looks exactly the same as he did about 25 years ago.

For a bloke who’s about 60, he’s in fantastic shape, which leads me to believe that the secret of looking young in late middle age is not exercise, diet, cholesterol monitoring or moisturising creams with unlikely ingredients, but is in fact simple hand puppetry.

I think it’s worth a try anyway. I think about half an hour a week spent with a pair of old socks on my hands should suffice.