Hi everyone this is  a little message to greet you all with good cheer and high spirits as we approach the Christmas period.

I have had some requests for various posts and so I am asking you all to congratulate the �Loose400lbs by Christmas Challenge� ladies (and gents?) for reaching their target. Personally I can loose �400 extremely quickly this time of year especially when the bubbly is flowing and I just can�t help buying everyone a drink!! Which leads me on to talk about charity.

I usually mention a couple of charities that I donate to at this time of the year, in case anyone else, feeling a bit bewildered with everything we do to make ourselves comfortable at Christmas, when there are some people who have nothing. I think this year I would like to suggest Oxfam (because this is a global charity and members from abroad can take part), the DEC Bangladesh Cyclone Appeal and Shelter. So at least when we are stuffing our faces on Christmas Day we might just help someone else to find a meal; and when we are tucked up in bed on Christmas Eve with the central heating ready to kick in, we can dream that we might have helped someone find a bed for the night, so they can wake up and feel safe and secure for at least one morning of the year. I am sure many of you always give help and its not necessarily the financial donations that are best. Time and personal care is often priceless.

Just to come back down to earth though, I WILL be stuffing my face, but only to make my Mum happy!!

I know some of you are wondering about future projects so I will try to fill you in a little. Richard III is still very much in development, I am weighed down with history books in my determination to uncover as much fact as possible before we embark on telling his story, which will ultimately be a fiction!

There is also another project on the cards but unfortunately it has to remain top secret until it is officially confirmed, although there is a clue in that statement! So that�s all I can say for now, sadly the �Havoc Tour� rock album will have to wait, until I can learn to play the guitar properly, I can�t seriously cut into a heavy metal �middle eight� with a flute solo can I?

I hope that you are enjoying  Robin Hood. The final few episodes should keep the blood circulating!! Thank you for your continued support this year.

MERRY CHRISTMAS XXX