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Julie has been mostly marvelling at Archie’s leaps and bounds and cannot believe he will be 1 in two weeks! They say time flies and they weren’t kidding.  A cake is to be baked but Julie ain’t no Delia, so Messrs Marks and Spencer may well be called upon at short notice to dig her out of a hole (shhh!). Talking about cakes, a well-earned holiday in the Black Forest is on the horizons, so it’s on with the lederhosen and off to try out the autobahns. Tune in for September’s episode to read riveting highlights of ‘The Thomsons Do Deutschland’!

Steven is looking forward to the family Thomson’s ‘bahn-storming holiday in Germany. Two weeks to go! They’re taking the ferry and driving down from Amsterdam to the Black Forest. Fortunately for wee Archie they will be stopping over near Cologne en route. Steven was under the impression that he’d never been to Germany before, until a friend reminded him of a stag weekend a couple of years ago. That’s the problem with stag-do’s – one bar looks much like another. Anyway, hopefully he’ll see and remember it this time!

Waseem has nothing much to report. He finally got round to watching Inglorious Basterds and was well impressed, other than the gratuitous scalping of Nazis scenes (was a bit full on!), great to see Tarantino in an unfamiliar setting. Oh and Ramadan will be starting soon so Waseem is slowly preparing himself for the month of fasting that lies ahead. Current playlist includes: DJ Cam ‘Lost & Found’ album,  Digitalism ‘Pogo remixes’ and Jori Hulkkonen ‘When No One Is Watching We Are Invisible’ album.

Emma spent the first 2 weeks of July, with her family, in a beautiful Spanish Cortijo nestled in Las Alpujarras in Southern Spain. They had a fantastic holiday and would highly recommend the area and accommodation. There’s plenty of outdoor activities for those who want them, pony trekking, hillwalking, quad biking. For Emma much off the holiday was spent relaxing on a sun lounger, around a pool, immersed in books, food, wine and surrounded by views which could only be matched in the north of Scotland. The difference being of course the weather, which she rapidly acclimatised to! In fact she sooooo enjoyed her break and chilled out so much that she managed to miss her flight and sadly had to spend an extra night in the tropical paradise! No one quite knows if this faux pas was on purpose or not, but what is for sure is that she’ll not be allowed to leave these shores again as we’re not quite confident that she’ll actually return this time! Click here for more of Emma’s holiday.