Pretty much summed up a lot of 2013…it’s chocolate.

It’s December 31st 2013 and finally we have reached the end of what seems to be for an awful lot of people, quite a tasking time of it, where a lot of upset has occurred and times have seemed tougher than before.

It’s actually rather odd that at the end of this year particularly, the need to draw a line under what has occurred has never been more urgently awaited. The fresh start which I’ve openly mocked for a number of years (the whole new year, new start thing which thankfully has been drowned in the river by the angry villagers of life) seems that for once, it’s actually true.

Not everything that occurred in 2013 has been bad, and obviously given a sense of perspective a number of our problems will be trivial in comparison to those suffering in war-torn regions of the world, like Syria, Iraq or Liverpool.

But in the first world which a lot of us inhabit, it has been a long road which at times, can wear you down. So the only thing I can possibly suggest as some medicine for this ailment, is ride out the remainder of the year in style, drinking and vomiting to remember to the good and forget the bad. Oh, and have a sleep in the morning.

Take it easy all, and the Lord of Leisure will return with a review of the year that was chocolate very soon…