Mum stuff and Dad guff

It's Mother's Day - all those people stopping their cars on ring roads to buy flowers is the giveaway - and Jamie happily did his bit.

Indeed, he made not one but two cards (thanks to Grandma Judy and the nice ladies at nursery for their assistance on this front) and also bought his mummy the Lady Gaga album, which may or may not have been an inspired choice. (Let's just say the Mummy Jury remains out).

The Mother's Day stuff actually had to wait until lunchtime as, first thing this morning, Team White went to Keighley for the BIGK 10K race - me to run it, and Vanessa and Jamie to see if I died during the attempt.

But thankfully all went smoothly and I crossed the line in just under 50 minutes to collect my souvenir finishers' water bottle (I can sense your intense jealousy even from here).

Jamie was most excited to see Keighley Cougars Rugby League mascot Freddie Cougar (do you see what they did there?) in the crowd.

In fact, he seemed so pleased that I asked Freddie if he would be kind enough to say hello to our boy.

But sadly that turned out to be a rubbish idea.

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A quick and unrelated footnote for anyone who might be interested.

Believe it or not, this blog was visited almost 500 times in the last seven days, the most "unique hits" received in the space of a week since the site was set up.

Goodness knows why any of you bother, although it is reassuring to know there are some people out there with just as much time on their hands as me.

But thanks for taking an interest and I hope I can continue to command your even occasional attention for a little while yet.