Poor neglected spindle!

I bought this cute little Bosworth spindle at Wonderwool Wales in 2009. I bought the fibre at the same time and started spinning it in the evening at the pub where we stayed. So - I guess you'd be right in thinking I don't like spinning on a spindle! I decided to try again today because I want to take part in the 'Tour de Fleece' on Ravelry (you spin every day of the Tour de France, except rest days) and I can't use either of my wheels at the moment because they are both double treadle and my bad ankle isn't up to it yet :-(

I should have started yesterday but I didn't get round to it and I had a friend round in the aftenoon/evening. Anyway - I have made a start today (I didn't spin all this today - just added a little to what I'd already done before) and I'm going to try and work on it every day. Maybe I'll start to feel some love for using a spindle!