Jack

I had the legs at the time, but I don't have them anymore. Big swim done as quickly as I've managed in the last two years, all in the effort to get it done in between errands and a lunchtime screening of quite-scary kids film Paranorman - pretty decent, enough in there for the grown-ups too and some spectacularly animated set-pieces along the way. None of the kids were scared they reckoned, not sure I'd have liked it when I was their age, but then again they are a little more cinema-hardened these days than in the 1970s.

And, then out again later to On The Road, which looked and sounded great. There's a lot of criss-crossing the country going on and you've got to keep up a bit with where exactly they are, who's been left behind in Denver and all the time wondering who's going to pop up with a five minute cameo next but if you've ever read any Kerouac, Burroughs or any of that crowd it's all pretty rewarding and it's made me want to read the book again as well.

Music - here's a tune that's in the movie. There's a lot of jazz and blues in there, I've gone for the former.