Banner Bearer

Good grief. Is it really that long, as the actress said to the bishop.

Sorry to have been absent for the past two months but I've had a lot to contend with.

Summer hols means an invasion of grandchildren who seem more numerous by the minute.

Then there's the Test Matches and Olympics, the pacemaker op and a spot of gardening in the fine weather.

However, the biggest problem has been the addictive qualities of 'War in Middle Earth'. I must kick the habit but not when the nun is wearing it.

OK, so here's the Banner Bearer I started in July. Nothing special and I notice that the coat of gloss varnish has not been dulled down by the matt varnish that followed it.

He's on a rock rather than the streets of Minas Tirith so perhaps he's been defending Osgiliath.