In search of a flood, Sunday, 29th April, 2012.

It's coming up.

It's definitely coming up (oh yes).

Innocent walker's life threatened by massive wind-blown branches falling out of the sky shock!

Entire streets washed away in floods of blossom shock!!

(Knew we'd could find some chaos if we looked hard enough).

Vicky's Spring Start' Paddock Shots (some of them).

Red shoes.

Sparky.

California Dreaming.

Polished.

Good luck.

Grand Masters?

VSCC, 'Spring Start', Silverstone, Saturday 21st April, 2012.

Where's Vicky? She's behind the camera today. On Paddock Photo duties. So David's reduced to using his little one. Still, as Vicky often reminds him: a littles one's all you need.

Best race of the day (in our opinion) was the one for the pre-1961 front-engined cars. Proper sights and sounds as loads of cars yawed their way thru' Brooklands and Luffield. Phillip Walker in a 1959 Lotus 16 won it from Rod Jolley in a 1958 Lister Jaguar Monza (that's them above).

Of course, no 'Spring Start' blog would be complete without a shot of our favourite vintage racer: Christopher Williams and his 1929 24000cc Napier Bentley. Here he is slicing through the field having started from the very back of the grid.

'Bike of The Day (the only 'bike of the day as we didn't notice any others).

Howard tries to blag a race in his very own mini-me Vintage Racer.

Evesham Cats Protection, Sunday 15th April, 2012.

A moments pleasure leads to great responsibility (Pt 28,359).

Listen, if you are going to give me a comfy litter tray, of course I'm going to lie in it. I'm not stupid!

Vicky is in charge and another one's booked in.

Yep, we're up for a bit of chaos. No probs.

Never mind all this eye contact. Get down below and clean out my litter trays immediately.

Whoah! Fresh grass. Makes me come over all peculiar every time.

Fresh grass (Pt II), beautifully harvested and placed in water by David (presentation is everything).

Later, back at HQ, two people are recuperating whilst the F1 re-run is on. What Emlyn is recuperating from we have no idea.

Easter Sunday, 8th April, 2012.

The Food Police have been rumbled! Just recently BBC Breakfast announced that eating chocolate is good for you after all (we always suspected that). David is keen to celebrate by attacking his M & S Giant Milk Chocolate Whip (it's got five mini Whips inside). He has promised not to eat it all in one day but, crucially, Vicky's got nothing in writing.

After an Easter breakfast of David's signature Grilled Sausage and Egg Sammidge (David's comes with mushrooms an' all) for breakfast it's off to Red Marley for a spot of Classic Motorcycle Trials.

Spectator practising his dastardly laugh in anticipation of some poor olde bugger coming a cropper in that muddy stream. Unfortunately, nobody does (bother!).

These are sentiments we can all agree with the older we get.

Time for a cuppa at Hel's Kitchen (like that) before driving home via...........

..................a stop at the pig farm at Ombersley we spotted on the way to the trial. Friendly bunch, if somewhat oversexed. We should mention that the sausages David used in his signature sammidges this morning were Turkey sausages not pork and were bought from the butchers just down the road from this farm. So, that's alright then. Mind you, these piggies will probably end up at that butchers anyway. Such is life in the sticks.

Time to go home now and wolf-down Vicky's signature Roast Beef dinner. Emlyn and David drooling at the thought of it, luckily, just out of shot.

The Big One: Saturday, 7th April, 2012.

Let there be no doubt about which Big Day we are referring to.

A walk into town for some breakfast at Cafe Rouge followed by some serious present shopping (well, someone's gotta revive the economy).

A swift visit to the Cathedral to light some candles for the dearly departed.

After walking back home and a rest, it's a drive over to Droitwich for afternoon tea at the Chateaux Impney.

Time to walk off the afternoon tea with a walk around the grounds.

Look, I've just rinsed my hands with hand-gel from when licked me and, no, I haven't got any food for you.

Two cute residents.

Meanwhile, back at HQ, somebody couldn't give a flying-proverbial about special birthdays. He's only dreaming of the day when Waitrose finally introduce a Pike and Tench-combo to their range of fishy foods for the discerning cat. I mean, just how many sternly worded emails does a chap have to send to Customer Care?

Worcester, Sunday 1st April, 2012.

House of Fraser cafe and Victoria is showing off the latest purchase made in anticipation of a very important impending birthday.

Three very olde things in one photo (a Cathedral, two trees, and a chap, in case you weren't too sure).

Same sort of thing but without the olde chap (thankfully).

'round the back side (more tea Vicar?) of the cathedral. No peregrin falcons tho'.

Just-about-finished college boat house in the shape of something nautical.....er.......a boat! Of course, what else?