As if by magic, the shopkeeper appeared

Top weekend. Started off on Friday afternoon with 18 holes at Millfield with Ross and his mate Lewis. The outward nine was a disaster, I took 63 (my target is 50) but at the turn my fortunes changed and I came back in 46 which is just nine over for nine holes - by far my best nine holes ever!

K was out with the girls on Friday night so Hicko came round to Shep Towers for a chinois, a couple of DVDs and lots of beer. We each ordered a pancake roll, when they arrived they were the size a small dog (this was possibly one of the ingredients too). It was truly a huge amount of food so it took us all evening to plough through it. M still didn't manage his roll but K snaffled it for him when she got home. We watched a Richard Pryor live show followed by seven episode of Mr Benn. Nice.

Saturday morning we were having a carpet fitted on our stairs and landing. We're really pleased with the way it looks - a very regal, deep red. Mark G nipped in around lunchtime - he'd borrowed our tent and was returning it. He had a scan of his nipper to show off - I definitely think I could see the baby smacking its thigh but I didn't mention it. Saturday afternoon was spent on housework, Olympics, mowing the lawn, football and losing money at William Hill. Lincoln got beat again - that's three defeats from the first three matches this season.

Penny & Philip came round for dinner on Saturday evening. K prepared an edgy veggie soup, cottage pie and cheesecake. It was delicious as usual. After dinner we watched the DVD of the Hickertons @ Heart performance from the Ruby Wedding party. It wasn't nearly as embarrassing as it could have been - I think we can still hold our heads up in public.

I was intending to play golf this morning (Sunday) with Paul but the weather had other ideas so I watched more Olympics instead. Team GB are kicking ass in the rowing, sailing and cycling - basically any sport that you can do sitting down. As of today we are third in the medals table behind China and USA (who each have twice as many athletes as us) - if you ignore Michael Phelps we would have the same number of golds as USA - brilliant performances.

We walked round to the Centurion at lunchtime to meet Martin, Charlotte, Pete, Ginny and Jon. It's Charlotte's 30th tomorrow so we were having a celebratory lunch. Food was great and we had quite a bit to drink and played cards. Lunchtime drinking is very dangerous!

My Mum & Dad came round this evening for dinner. K did roast beef with mounds of delicious vegetables and, after dinner, we taught Mum & Dad how to play Texas Hold 'Em. That's not strictly true, actually K taught us all how to play. She was definitely sharking. Dad was very interested to see how his eBay auctions were getting on as the 'Pixie' suit and motorcycle jacket were both proving to be very popular.

I'm knackered now - I need to go back to work for a rest.