SHREK 4 V TOY STORY 3

Shrek 4 - The Final Chapter : Rumpelstiltskin tricks Shrek into allowing himself to be erased from existence and cast into a dark alternate timeline where Rumpel rules supreme. Rated 8/10

Toy Story 3 : The toys are mistakenly delivered to a day-care centre instead of being put in the attic just before Andy leaves for college and its up to Woody to convince the other toys that they weren't abandoned and return home. Watch out for the scary "Big Baby". Brilliant, already seen it twice. Rated 10/10

NORFOLK SHORT HOLIDAY

Nanna and Grandad went off to Norfolk on June 27th for four days staying at The Old Pump House B&B in Aylsham. A busy few days saw them visit Felbrigg Hall, Cromer and Blickling Hall (picture above). They also bought orchids in the Aylsham flower auction, ate out a couple of times and consumed a bit of alcohol - it being Nanna's birthday on June 28th. I stayed with Katy, Paul and Dawn for the duration.

Since their return we have had a bit of a family BBQ to celebrate Nanna's birthday with Katy and family and Colin with his family. Simon, Karen, Martin and Mikey have flown off to Canada for a 17 day holiday. You can keep in touch with their diary by going to http://simesstuff.blogspot.com/

FATHER'S DAY

Father's Day was celebrated in traditional style at The Lounge in Driffield.

DYSON V DALEK

I have a great fear of vacuum cleaners and every time Nanna gets hers out of the cupboard I run a mile. Same with wires and hoses. Must be something that happened to me when I was smaller but I can't remember. Grandad calls the Dyson a Dalek !! Maybe i'd have better luck with a Dalek ?

VICTORIAN GIRL

As part of Dawn's work on Victorians at school in year 6, they visited Normanby Hall in Lincolnshire and The Wilderspin National School in Barton upon Humber last Thursday. In order for the children to gain as much as possible from the day they were asked to dress in a Victorian manner, the purpose being to get everybody thinking about how the Victorians dressed. A good day was had by all.

ONE-OFF BRASS

"One-Off Brass" performed a concert last Saturday in aid of Marie Curie Cancer Care. This was a return visit as they had done a similar evening last year. The evening generated just over £2000 for the charity which is an excellent result. I don't think they'll be back for a third time next year being replaced by the Driffield Male Voice Choir.

FILMS

Bad Lieutenant : A remake starring Nicolas Cage as Terence McDonagh - a drug and gambling detective in post Katrina New Orleans, investigating the killing of five Senegalese immigrants. One of Mr. Cage's better performances. Very watchable. Rated 7.5/10

The Losers : Members of a CIA black ops team are betrayed and left for dead. They then root out those who targetted them for assassination. Plenty of action. Rated 6/10