A combination of a loss of wi-fi and the Myspace site being down stopped me posting last week and yesterday - was starting to think this blog is jinxed!
Anyway last couple of days in parliament before recess and there's real tension as there are Bills the Government want passing. So Monday we sit late till about midnight whilst we debate with their Lordships.
I only got down late due to the funeral of Mick Godfrey, a good friend who I got to know when he ran the Nunsthorpe Tavern with Mary and I played for the pub's football and cricket teams - both called Athletico - which was very glamorous in Grimsby!
He also got me to run a Sunday night disco, get the band to play, help out behind the bar and wash the glasses - it was a brilliant time!
Huge turn out at the church and the crematorium - we'll all miss him and his wicked sense of humour.
He also introduced me to Linda, my wife of 22 years tomorrow - as I say he had a wicked sense of humour!
But life goes on - we had a follow up meeting to the Steel Summit held earlier in the year and an MP4 meeting to sort out our timetable for the rest of the year. We get a lot of kind invites but it's difficult to fit things in. Priority is to get our charity album out and Peter Jamieson who is kindly helping us agrees to take that on board.
Tuesday is a mixture of answering emails and letters, making sure I have the right papers for things I'll need at home over summer and keeping an eye on the business to see if we'll finish in time to travel home.
It looks like another late night but suddenly at about 6ish we're told that's it. So off to King's Cross.
Today has been one of the Royal Garden parties and I know some local people who have gone. At the station many are awaiting trains home - you can tell by the ladies' hats and mens' morning coats. The concourse at King's Cross looks like a scene from the March of the Penguins but having visited a penguin colony a few years ago on the Falkland Islands, I'm pleased to say they don't smell like them!
Anyway - homeward bound!