When i decide to come home it is like all my christmasses coming at once, i usually leave the house at 0400 in the morning missing all the traffic and getting to County Durham around 0800-0830.

Here is mum and dad at a family wedding that i could not attend as had to get back for work, i helped her chose her outfit from jacques vert in Hexham

An evening out with my cousins, Carole, he husband Jon, Brenda and Jill

Jacky and i are about the same age and always been close from being kids and growing up together.

After leaving the north east i drove for a night with my brother and his new partner in their Worcester home, i was driving down country lanes no wider than the car, no idea what i would have done if something had been coming the other way.

The cottage is beautiful, they were not home as i was early so took some photographs of the house and garden and went for a wander around the village fo Hartlebury, a stroll in the graveyard too and passed the local pub.

This was the first time i had met Kim and she is a lovely lovely person, we get on like a house on fire and hope this continues for many years to come.

The opening of the Olympics was impressive and now we are almost at the end of the two week games we currently have 26  Gold medals which has surpassed any total from previous games, so well done Team GB

Not sure that Lycra is very flattering for guys though lol!!!