Gavin: Top weekend

Another year, another fireworks night. It seems strange that we're still doing this stuff while he has cancer. It was meant to be 6 months and done but, 15 months later we're still counting out pills and boiling his drinking water every night. But whatever, it was a great weekend which saw us host sleepovers on Friday, friends for dinner on Saturday and a houseful of adults and kids on Sunday for lunch. I've let Zoe watch the X-factor followed by Downton Abbey just to top it all off (and show her what a catch I really am). Huge apologies to all those Newcastle fans out there though... Remember, The Emirates is a tough place to go and there's no shame in being thrashed like that in your first season back.