Today Nicola and I went to visit my mum, who was looking after Emily. Emily seemed pleased to see her Uncle and Auntie. She can now walk several steps unaided, but prefers a little bit of help when she can get it.

My mum took us all to Pizza Hut for lunch. Which was a new experience in a couple of ways because I have never before taken a baby out to a restaurant (Emily was very good by the way) and I haven’t been to Pizza Hut’s all you can eat buffet for over a decade.

No comment on current events, as this weeks events have cut me off from all that is going on in the world; apart from walking past an over-policed vigil outside the St John’s shopping centre on Wednesday evening.