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There have, apparently, not been enough pictures of JFGP on this blog recently. Well here you go folks. Behold number one son lording it over the king size bed in our room in Phuket. A place where he is entirely too comfortable if you ask me. Why were we inside? Well it was raining of course.

After a short break the daily photo is back. During my hiatus I spent a week in Thailand with SWMBO and JFGP. They rather enjoyed it. I got rather wet. As this picture illustrates. Some advice for potential travellers; check the seasonal weather forecast before booking your holiday. Going to Phuket in the rainy season is not nearly as much fun as when the sun is shining - or so I’m told.

May I present the first in what may be a long series of pictures of JFGP taking a kip. It’s not posed, honest, but he has managed to snooze in some very impressive places, not least of which was Twickenham stadium whilst forty odd thousand people were screaming their heads off. This example was from our recent sojourn to Amsterdam, where Alexander George decided that he liked the pictures of Van Gogh so much that he nodded off.

As part of our pilgrimage to Spa Francorchamps we had to take cross channel ferries to and from the continent. On the way there it was quite quiet because we were on the 2am sailing and the only facilities open were the bars. The way back was a little different and the 1pm Monday afternoon ferry was absolutely packed. We queued at the “food counter” for about half an hour and this is what we ended up with. Lard burgers. They tasted bloody nice though.

We went to the Belgium Grand Prix at Spa Francorchamps. It rained. Rather a lot actually. My shoes took about two weeks to dry out afterwards. On the good news front, we were in a stand overlooking the fabulous Eau Rouge, possibly the finest corner in the whole of Formula 1. This picture was taken during practice on the Saturday.

Alexander has decided that he wants to be the coolest baby on the block. There’s nothing wrong with a boy having ambitions, and he has certainly started well. Here he is sporting his mother’s sunglasses, just to see if that “I’m so bright I’ve got to wear shades” look is the one for him. I think he pulls it off with aplomb, don’t you? Welcome to my new “daily photo” section. Please enjoy.