Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

Here is cranky Hanky running laps out the back of Playgroup on Saturday. He's in training for the 2010 Commonwealth Games to be held in Delhi, with an eye on the 100, 200, 400, marathon, long jump, high jump, triple jump, boxing, judo and jelly wrestling.

I think that stands a chance for a medal in the jelly wrestling.