Cedar Farm

Whilst I would not attempt to argue that Twitter is anything other than a frivolous place to spend one's time, I have made some proper - now real life - friends, there, plus it's where I first encountered the Minx. It's also where our friends Jon and Lou met. 

A few months ago, they had a baby, whom I have been looking forward to meeting but I haven't had the chance. Today, though, we all went for breakfast together at Cedar Farm (which is nearish to the Minx's house).

Despite having six kids of my own, I'm always a little nervous about holding someone else's baby but, when the opportunity came up, we were all sat down and I felt reasonably confident that I could take responsibility for the little chap without anything disastrous happening on my watch.

It was lovely. It's years and years since I've held a baby and this fellow was a little charmer. In the end he sat on my lap for ages while I chatted to him about all sorts of nonsense and, with his mum just across the table for the occasional reassuring glance, he seemed to be pretty happy, too.