Be seeing you...40 years later

One of my all-time favourite TV shows, The Prisoner, is to be remade for Sky. The latest rumours are that none other than Christopher Eccleston will play No.6 this time around...if they do it right, I'm convinced this will be the best thing on TV.

The 1990's wasn't a good decade for quality UK TV drama - only a fews dramas such as Our Friends in the North and Pride and Prejudice (as Sara reminded me!) stick in the mind. However, the 2000's (or whatever you call this decade) has produced some amazing shows such as Spooks, Bleak House, Life on Mars and the new Doctor Who. Will the new Prisoner join the list?

The 1960's version of The Prisoner was filmed in Portmeirion in North Wales and we visited it a couple of years ago as you can see above. Needless to say, Patrick McGoohan is one in the top picture!

Another Brick Out of the Wall

We popped up to Leeds last week to visit Sara's parents and had lots of fun demolishing their kitchen wall! Due to a rather unfortunate blaze, they're having a new kitchen put in a bit earlier than originally planned...so the wall had to come down.

ps - smashing things up with a heavy mallet is a good way of releasing tension!

A Very Warrington Wedding

Congratulations to Katrina (Dave's sister) and Dave who got married on the 21st April - now Mr and Mrs Taylor!

The wedding was in Warrington and the reception was at the fantastic Statham Lodge hotel in the Cheshire countryside. Dave was an usher and said a reading at the church service(his second wedding reading in a month!) and Sara got to look after our gorgoeus nephew Leo. Will post some more pictures when we get the photos developed but here's a few we already have.

The happy couple, plus chief bridesmaid, Dave's little sister, Colette:

Dave and Leo, who looked very smart in his waistcoat (Leo that is):

Leo being well looked after by his big sister Rosa!

Passing Out with the Queen

Just before Easter, we attended Chris's graduation ceremony at Sandhurst (above, he's the one in the middle!). Needeless to say, it was a big day for everyone, not least because the Queen, Charles and Camilla also popped in to have a gander...

The main event was some impressive marching around the parade ground by newly-commissioned officers and the Queen "took the salute" ie watched and then inspected them.

It was a great day and we're very proud of Chris or 2nd Lieutenant Wilcock, to give him his proper name!

Here's some more piccies. Chris with mum and dad...


with granny and grandad...


and the paparazzi!

This season, success was just staying up

I've not written much about Tranmere this season because: a) there's been very little worth writing about; and b) there's very few people who want to read about Tranmere anyway. However I ought to make a passsing mention to the dramatic relegation dogfight match last Saturday with the accursed Milton Keynes Football Franchise. Tranmere's winning goal (scored in the injury-time of injury-time) had the marvellous double-benefit of not only guaranteeing our survival in League 1 but also probably condemning Franchise FC to League 2. I'm not sure which of those two I feel more happy about to be honest....

But Saturday aside though, it's been an awful season. The quality of the top teams in League 1 was well below normal (how can teams like Southend and Colchester be promoted to the Championship?!!) and we should have been at least challenging them if not beating them week in, week out. We need a big clear-out of players and manager this summer to make a fresh start next season.