Well its Gigbeth 2008, and that means a weekend of gigs featuring a wealth of local Birmingham talent. Its first up with the VIP launch and sets from Scott Mathews and Dodgy, neither disappointed!

Its time for the big chap in red to get his things together and make ready his slay because Christmas is here in Birmingham! The Christmas lights were switched on Saturday night at millennium point with the crowds entertained by Lamar and The Saturdays among others. Oh and the the lights were switched on! So que the ques in all the shops….barr humbug!

The summer must be here as the Tour de France is on tv and the sun has even shone on our first family barbecue of the year, so I though a shot from my brothers garden would sum up both as there’s always shots of the Tour peloton sweeping past fields of sun flowers to make you wish you had braved the traffic a made the trip to France!