With the seemingly better summer weather here in the UK year after year, more of us are taking short breaks and even the family annual holiday here in good old blighty. In fact over 35 million of us take a holiday in the UK each year. So I thought I had better give it a whirl!
Last year my wife finally persuaded me that we needed to make the 3 hour drive to Wales to visit her welsh family. I agreed as long as we could find a suitable hotel that had a swimming pool so that we could entertain our 18 month old son when we weren’t out visiting relatives.
As reported by Chris, it’s baby central here at HW HQ at the moment. There is the news that Techie and Lorna are expecting #2 and of course I am delighted report the early arrival of our second child.
Baby Ella Claire Elisabeth made her entrance at 3.54am on last Tuesday morning after Claire’s waters broke rather unexpectedly late the evening before. Unfortunatly, when Claire started calling to me that her waters had gone, I had just taken 2 Night Nurse and some Nurofen Plus to ease my man flu and help me sleep. I think it was these pills that actually kept me very calm and relaxed during the labour and birth. When I eventually got home the next morning, the tablets finally took hold and I slept solid for 4 hours, despite neighbours and friends calling at the house and ringing the phone to try and wake me up.
As Ella is just over 3 weeks early she weighed in at a wee 5lb 10. Due to the ‘Doll’ like size I have had to attack Mothercare in search of Early Baby clothes that fit. What a nightmare. I think there is a website in premature baby colthes.
Our son Jack is nearly 2 now and I have say, it’s not until we arrived home with Ella, did we realise how BIG Jack has gotten. He now seems huge in comparision. We are trying to teach him what ‘Gently’ means as he enjoys giving his new baby sister ‘Big Cubbles’.
After a positive first season in 2006, HW is once again sponsoring Martyn Bell in the British Touring Car Championships. Yesterday, Sunday 1st April, saw Martyn compete in the first three rounds of the competition at Brands Hatch. After a winter of testing, a new engine and the sorting of last seasons troublesome suspension, things are looking good.
Despite overall finishes of 13th, 13th & 11th. Martyn took 10th, 9th & 7th in the independents. With over 25 cars on the grid, these are great results –the disqualification of Turner in race 3, saw Martyn rise a place from 12th/8th to 11th/7th.
