27th August 2007 - Bank Holiday

Seeing as it was a Bank Holiday and the sun was actually shining, we probably should have done something more enjoyable than shopping. As it was, we popped into the West Orchards shopping centre on a fruitless search for the new Tad Williams book (fruitless because it isn't actually out yet!). This is a view out of the quite impressive glass dome that sits atop this otherwise mundane and soul-less temple to commercialism.

26th August 2007 - Summer at last

Summer made a brief appearance over the Bank Holiday weekend. Here's Ben playing on the lawn at the golf club. Of course the real focus of this shot is the tricky par 3 8th you can see in the background. Incidently, I had my one and only hole-in-one on this 187 yard par 3 completely over water!

17th August 2007 - Cookery

There's nothing better than a lovingly prepared home cooked meal, sadly, I rarely have the time to cook a meal from scratch. However, as a treat on Friday I decided to cook us something special. On the menu was Pork with Apple and Blackcurrant with Gratin Dauphanoise followed by Plum and Raspberry Pancakes and Vanilla Ice Cream.

After much sweating over a hot stove the final result wasn't bad, however, the kitchen ended up in its usual state.

15th August 2007 - City Beach

Birmingham is trying to be cool and in conjunction with bmibaby have created the 'bmibaby Beach'. Of course being Britain, the weather is crap and all people really want to do is watch telly.

They have one of these in Paris called 'Paris Plage'. I know where I'd rather be.

14th August 2007 - Tiger and Ernie

We bought a fishtank recently and after a week or so of letting the tank settle and adding various fish friendly chemicals we finally got to buy some fish and introduce them into the tank.

Say hello to Tiger (the gold one) and Ernie (the silver one)!

11th August 2007 - Tranmere v Leeds

Saturday was the opening day of the football season and saw the newly relegated Leeds United make a trip to my beloved Tranmere Rovers. It was a much anticipated game as this was Leeds first game in the third tier of English football and the first league meeting between the two clubs. Leeds recent and well publicised financial difficulties resulting in them starting the season on -15 points, and their rapid decline from Premiership giants to League One minnows only added further weight to the encounter.

Despite starting brightly and taking the lead in the first half, Tranmere, as they often do, let their nerves get the better of them, losing the game 2-1 to a very late Leeds winner.

The photo shows the Leeds fans filling the 'Cowshed' stand to the rafters as their faithful following made the trip across the Pennines to Merseyside