Before we get back to older family pictures, here is what is believed by at least one expert to be the best picture ever taken of my wife, Dot. It was taken by Acton Gazette photographer Pete Smith at Acton, West London, probably around 1970. After being pressed by a close friend to find it when I reported it lost, I eventually uncovered it while going through photographs for our Into the Sixties meal. It was slightly marred, but what you see here is his excellent attempt to restore it.

We were delighted for obvious reasons that last night Graeme Dott won the world snooker championship, and believe it is partly down to us. He was going steadily downhill as we watched, but as soon as we stopped watching to go to sleep he recovered to win the last two frames. Little does he know…

Miserable weather yesterday for a bank holiday, enabling us to watch Solaris – an excellent film – without feeling guilty for staying indoors. It rained pretty much all day. Today is much brighter and warmer out of the wind. But there is quite a wind.