First Rule of Filmaking is..........Press Record.

Last Friday I drove up to Worcester to see my Grandad. I didn't see him over Christmas and I thought it was about time to tell him about this BoardFree malarkey (I also needed to thank him for bunging me £50). I rocked up quite late but he greeted me with a bag of Walkers and a bottle of Cava. We had typical generational banter: He reminisced about his wine-making era and the antics of my Dad while I described the standard of totty at university and demonstrated the wonders of his recently purchased DVD player.

I then dropped BoardFree into the conversation. Baffled. The bottle of Cava had emptied and I moved onto the Hock. Whilst explaining the story of how it all happened and what BoardFree was all about he says "Presumable you can do this skateboarding business?"

Well, no actually.

Amidst the fits of laughter I realised that I MUST be able to longboard before I go to Australia. Not only that, I must also be confident enough to skate whilst filming.

The next day I went to Swansea and met up with the team for the first time since Dave gave me the good news. We went out filming and, much to my embarrassment, my thumb seemed to shy away from the record button at a couple of crucial moments. I blame the camera.

That evening we had the pleasure of welcoming Dan Loo to the van. What a legend. Dan is a lovely bloke (despite being a Liverpool supporter) with a phenomenal right boot. He'll be helping me out with some camerawork and editing which will be great for the documentary (he'll also remind me to press record!).

On Sunday the BoardFree boys had a kickabout with some ex-geography teachers. Its depressing how unfit I am. Its now Friday - 5 days later - and I'm still having problems walking without looking like a spastic. Go on the BoardFree website to watch the video Becki made of us playing football. Step aside Motty, Becks is the new voice of football!

It was good to see the team again. I managed to spend a bit more time with Rae and Phil than last time. They're the type of people who bring a smile to your face. Genuinely a lovely couple.

After the weekend, I have two set myself two goals to reach before August: get fit, learn to longboard.

Anyway, I'm meant to be writing a dissertation at the moment so I suppose I'd better get back to it. Then i'll get fit. Promise.