Back to Westminster after the Whit Recess and after a very busy weekend - Friday & Saturday long surgeries in Brigg and in Goole and a large number of home visits - all in glorious sunshine.
I split my recess week so I have a couple of free days in the middle to do something with the family and we have a couple of days together. On one we go to Pickering and go on the North Yorks Moors Railway through to Whitby.
A huge tourist success for the area this allows you to travel at a sedate pace on a steam train in old fashioned carriages. Lydia (who is 12) and her friend Laura think it is wonderful as they think they are on the Hogwart's Express from Harry Potter!
Last part of the advert - we got a family rover ticket which allowed us to go on on and off the trains all day stopping at villages such as Goathland where they film Heartbeat and this covers 2 adults and 4 children for £45! It was really busy and a great family day.
The other result of spending time with the kids was being drawn more and more into Britain's Got Talent - did we need a programme to prove that - great entertainment though.
Back to reality though - surgery brought the usual mixed bag but in a greater number than normal and much of today has been spent taking all those cases up. Better get on with it then.....