I've just arrived home after one of the best fencing matches ever. For those of you unfamiliar with the sport, there are three weapons, sabre, foil and epee. In matches, for the three weapons, each team has three fencers. Everyone fences everyone else on the other team, up to five hits. This means nine bouts, a maximum score of 45 per weapon and 135 overall.

Sabre and foil were close-run. However epee, my weapon, was something else. Not only did I win all three of my bouts 5-0 (in 24 seconds), 5-2 and 5-4, but we won 45-15 for epee, and our final score was 131-105.

Right, I'm just about to head out into town with the team. Don't wait up for me!
Z.