bloody hell, sugar- you just need to add live music and walking in the lovely wild bits and you are describing my life.

re tony benn - has been a consistent and compassionate voice on the left all his adult life. what's not to like? and what's more, when we invited all the well-known people we like to our wedding a few years back, he was on the only one who got in touch* personally, talking on the phone to mscockermouth for 15 minutes. people like nelson mandela, henrik larsson, jo brand and michael mcgoldrick might appear to be nice guys - but could they be arsed to reply? nor did anyone famous turn up to our 'bring your own lunch box' picnic invitation near a pub near skipton -despite offers of prizes for best box.

* to be fair, kate rusby, hairy bikers and leonard cohen did send apologies.