Olympic Torch - blipped by proxy

Grandparents can be wonderful things. They let the kids come and stay for the weekend, which is especially useful when the Olympic Torch is coming through the village in which they live.

So, at precisely 9.07am when one of the small people was blipping on my behalf, I was tucked up in my bed, snoozing happily.

We then meandered down to pick them up and managed to coincide with a roast lunch that we didn't have to cook. A result all round I'd say