Well we did it! Five Miles to Fabulous!! A load of willing women on wheels set off from Southampton Common on Saturday morning in the beautiful sunshine. I had no idea there were so many wonderful cycle paths in the city and I am looking forward to exploring more of them because it has made me definitely want a bike! I got a chance to see parts of the city that you can often pass by, a great morning topped off with a pub meal afterwards - great!

The weekend was amazing weather wise which meant that a walk in the woods with Indie was in order - she absolutely loved it and it made me realise that the love of walking that my Dad gave to me is now being passed on through the generations to his great grand daughter! We had a wonderful time looking for squirrels and birds and a few alarming ones as she ran towards lakes to look for the birdies!!! We both had a large stick we had found in the woods and we must have looked quite funny walking along! We then went for a ride on the miniature railway which I used to take my daughter on - great fun until the dark tunnel - not sure who was more frightened! All in all a blissful day.

As I was celebrating the beauty and joy of my family, my daughter had the terrible news that a friend had been killed in Afghanistan. What an awful and tragic loss. My heart goes out to the family of the brave young man who went to war with such passion. I remember that he had told my daughter how proud he was to be going and how he didn't think of death. It makes me cry. Let's just get our men and women back and safe. This on the same weekend that we also lost two brilliant and brave BBC employees out there. All in my thoughts and prayers. -