1ST BRIGHTON MARATHON - 18 APRIL 2010

We had a busy weekend with familes and partners of the entrants to the first Brighton Marathon. A big congratulations is due and they all made it round the 26.2 miles! Must be the Avalon breakfast although the runners came down at 7am and mainly had cereals, toast, coffee and juice. I suppose that distance on a full English would be even more of a challenge. Here they are, the Avalon Heroes of April 2010:

• Number     808   Iain Frazer Lee         4:42:07
• Number    4765  Dean Lear                3:47:28
• Number    7321  Gillian Eve               5:11:50
• Number   10836  Phil Durkin              3:42:12

• Number   10875  John Ridge              4:54:02

It was a brilliant day and we look forward to welcoming more of you next year.

SEAGULLS

It's that time of year again when Fred and Rose return from warmer climes to mate in full view of guests in the rear rooms of the Avalon, and go on to produce a brood of chicks with remarkably antisocial natures.

I got some early intervention underway - a plastic falcon which I filled with cement and then cemented into a plant tray and placed strategically on our flat roof staring straight at their ledge. They came back two weeks ago, squawked alarmingly and left.

Yesterday they were back but today, the workmen arrived for the lady who lives in the house and covered the small flat roof they call home with netting. So they cannot land!

I'll keep you posted but it would seem their nesting site for some years has been closed down and rendered unusable.

I have to admit to not feeling too sad about this!

More Doggy Doings...

Our George is not a big fan of a certain dog in an insurance advert who goes "Oh, yes!"

So here's a picture of him with someone spookily similar...