Emma and I knitting our socks over tea 

Ed looking delighted at more knitting talk 

This weekend Emma and Ed are coming up for Wool Fest. The irony has not escaped me that this is the same weekend as Glastonbury and in years gone by I would have been heading there. But anyway, I have…

have transpired not to be cash buyers after all. The fact they will be a cash buyer when they have sold their house is immaterial really isn’t it – so we are back at the starting line again. They had…

Saturdays viewers have put an offer in on the house. The are cash buyers which is great – however they want to be in within 6 weeks. It remains to be seen if we achieve this, however I had already…

Our 5 year anniversary picture, taken at 10 o’clock at night. 

“Ooh he smells odd” says Henry. “This end’s still the same” says Bob. 

“Oooh, he smells odd” says Basil 

My wife is funny. Most mornings we wake to Today on Radio 4, and I gave up all attempts to change the dial to Radio 1 many years ago. However this morning I awoke to discover Kate playing Five’s Greatest…

It is five years since Ian met Bob, and it was love at first sight. A little later he noticed that Bob had an owner (me)! Five years ago the 10th was on a Saturday, and I had picked Susan…