Books and Covers

I have just returned from a week at Champneys, just outside London - a truly superb place if you're into good food, fitness and a healthy lifestyle.  Have no fear, wine is on the evening menu and just to further entice you guys out there, there are loads of ladies drifting around in white robes with painted toe nails (aha I hear you say - that's why he goes there!!)
I tend to give them a body swerve but one afternoon I noticed a Body Sculpt class on the programme. Now I'd just had a 'Mens Facial' so was on a bit of roll - so thought I would get myself sculpted as well.
Going into the studio it was apparent that highly toned young females were in abundance - in fact I was the only man there.  I was pulling up my socks to hide my white legs when the instructress (bronzed and honed to perfection) raced over to me and said  "Are you aware this a really fast aerobic class?"    I was tempted to reply "and your point is?" but just grunted in true Scottish tradition.
Anyhow at the end of the class, the 'leotard' brigade were towelling themselves down and looking a bit flushed - whereas I was thinking it was a long warm up - well slight exaggeration but you get my drift.
As an aside, I took my seat for the flight back to Edinburgh alongside a rather angelic elderly lady with a tweed skirt and very sensible shoes.  Actually I was pleased because normally my flying companion is a heavy tattooed body builder, with acute wind and reeking of beer. Anyhow my eyebrows were slightly raised when my lady companion ordered double vodkas - fair play I thought - then, wait for it, out of the corner of my eye I saw what she was reading - "Chapter 4 Rivers of Sex"  (the author is William Boyd if you want to google it).
My conclusion from the above episodes is that first impression are often misleading.  When you first look at Lionel Messi he appears small and slightly rounded but arguably he is the world's best footballer.  Andy Murray to the 'non-tennis' person comes across as being awkward and lacking style but he is now ranked number two in the world.
So my words of wisdom for today are never judge a book by its cover. 
Rivers of sex - I wonder what that's all about!!