Thanks everyone! We were going for a big family meal, with everyone coming together, 14 of us in all. It started to go pear shaped when both daughters coming from Belfast and Bristol had their flights cancelled last night. Both!! I thought EJ must have gone on strike at first, but it was just the crew out of hours in one case and I've no idea why the other plane didn't take off. There was some frantic running around trying to work out what was going to be the best way to get them here but we all made it in the end. Then a third daughter was involved in a minor car accident on the way home from the restaurant - typically the day after retrieving her car from the garage where it had been serviced and MOT'd!

Other than that the day went very well - at the moment my Dad is playing poker with the kids while I enjoy some brief peace and quite until my cousin returns from taking one daughter back to the airport and a neice to the station (she's the only sober one insured to drive a car that's in driveable condition!). There was some nice news - my son announced his engagement to the girl he's recently bought a house with, which was a complete surprise.