Some people didn't believe that we had blizzard conditions in Birmingham on Tuesday but, as you can see from the photos, we did, and there was still a bit of snow on the ground on Wednesday morning. The exhibition was a success for us with phenomenal interest shown in our new under counter range of boilers. It is now down to us to convert the interest to sales. Craig and Nick put in a big effort on the stand and by the end of the week were expert at grabbing passers bys' attention. It was quite surprising to see how many stand holders gave up the opportunity to engage the visitors and simply let them walk by. Here is Nick engaging some interested passers by.



Having been away all week the weekend has come upon us very fast which is very nice. No match at Anfield this week so we can catch up on a a few jobs around the house. It's great to see Liverpool top of the league but it's a pity I can't say the same about my woeful position in the Guardian Pick the Scores league where I am languishing near the bottom. But, as they say in football, it's game of two halves and it's not over until the final whistle (as Arsenal found to their amazement on Wednesday night).



What do you make of all the fuss about these two? A couple of overgrown schoolboys make some puerile jokes and leave crude messages on the answering machine of a pensioner and suddenly the recession is off the front page and Andrew Sachs has more coverage than John McCain. Let him stand for president next week and he might give Barack a bit more competition. I don't know about you but I honestly think that if a tabloid paper had not splashed the story the BBC would have had the original 2 complaints and not the current 30,000. Would you complain about something you didn't hear? I don't think it was funny and I don't like Wossy much but Brand is a very funny guy with a brilliant way with words and I think that an apology would have been enough. Hare Krishna Russell. As for Andrew's granddaughter Georgina below, she must be made up with coverage. There's no such thing as bad publicity. Especially as it's Halloween.



Oh well it was a bit of welcome light relief from recession and doom and gloom. I feel sorry for the ending of the glittering career of BBC Radio2 controller Leslie Douglas.

Don't forget to watch the X Factor tomorrow night when Daniel will be singing for survival with the following


If only he could perform like that.