Ding dong! the bells are gonna chime

Helen & Mike. Not the Helen & Mike, of course.....

May I be the 18th person to formally offer my congratulations to Bush & Ming. Just in case you are looking for any ideas for wedding presents, a visit here and here may offer some assistance. Well done to them both – no-one could me more happy for them except their families, their colleagues and their landlord Mr Pearman. Here’s to a big bash with big hair. Roll on October!

Dib dib dib

Susan is certainly a bear of a man. Discuss.

Bear Grylls

I was delighted to see that an old friend of Peter has been made Chief Scout, as the photographic evidence here amply demonstrates. The big question is, of course, whether he will be introducing new badges for water sports, eating, fatherhood, drinking…..