KNOCKED KNEES

I notice that the Tour Guides agency are looking for people to do walking tours of several miles. Normally I would be interested - and I am sure they will be inundated by un(der)employed guides - but at the moment I feel I can hardly walk around the block. Tendons on my right knee became inflamed after I was doing quite a bit of driving earlier in the summer and I have not been walking properly since. It makes sleeping at night difficult at times and walking slow, so I will give these tours a miss, although I quite enjoyed the walks I did last winter in Brixton and for Walking Tour Weekend.
Maybe alcohol is the problem. I have always thought of myself as a steady drinker rather than a heavy boozer but I do enjoy a martini or manhattan occassionally and rarely leave a bottle of wine unfinished if it is opened - although I only open one to share, not for myself. I have just spent a coupleof hundred pounds on drinks, including a couple of cases of wine and hope the money is not wasted, but maybe I should cut it down or out altogether until the knee clears up. Watch this space...